73-year-old man crushed between two RTC buses in Secunderabad

HYDERABAD: In a freak accident, a 73-year-old bus passenger got crushed to death between two TSRTC buses at Rathifile bus station in Secunderabad on Sunday. Gopalpuram police said septuagenarian S Durga Prasad disembarked from a bus (travelling between Nampally and Secunderabad) from the front door.
Later, he started walking in front of the bus to reach the other side of the road.Meanwhile, another bus (travelling between Dilsukhnagar and Secunderabad), which was parked in front of the bus from which Prasad disembarked, started moving with its driver taking reverse, without noticing Prasad.
Durga got crushed between the two buses and he fell down. The senior citizen started writhing in pain and cried for help, which were heard by other people at the bus station and they came to his rescue. After the driver was alerted about the mishap, he immediately drove the bus ahead.
Police reached the spot. By the time the ambulance reached the location, the victim died. Police said based on PAN card, which was recovered from the pocket of the victim, officials came to know about his identity.
The driver was taken into custody by Gopalpuram police and a case was registered under Section 304-A (negligence causing death) of the IPC.