Rider dies after being knocked down by BMTC

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A 40-year-old rider died after he was knocked down by a speeding Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus in Chikkajala traffic police station limits in the city on Thursday.

The deceased was identified by the police as Raju, a resident of Madanayakanahalli in Bengaluru and a truck driver. Speaking to News Trail, the traf fic police said that the incident took place around 8 am when Raju was riding on the Service Road of the BengaluruBellari Road.

A speeding BMTC bus coming from Sadahalli signal allegedly crashed into him throwing him a few feet away from his scooter. A severely injured Raju was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors pronounced him as 'brought dead.'

The police said that Raju collapsed and died while being transported to the hospital. The jurisdictional traffic police have taken up a case and are further investigating it.