Greater Noida: Woman dies as Motherson bus hits divider

GREATER NOIDA: A 20-year-old woman working with Motherson died and four of her colleagues were injured when the office bus ferrying them from Hapur hit a divider near Tilapta in Greater Noida and overturned on Saturday morning.
The bus — UP16T/4198 — was ferrying some 30 female staffers to the company’s office in Sector 84 when the accident took place around 5.30am.Police said the driver, who fled after the accident, may have dozed off and failed to control the vehicle that was moving at high speed. As the bus overturned and occupied a substantial portion of the 130-metre road, traffic remained disrupted for nearly two hours.
The woman who died was identified as Teena Sharma, a resident of Dhaulana in Hapur. Her colleague Kiran, who was on the seat ahead of Teena, claimed the bus crashed into the divider after being hit by a truck from behind. Police, however, ruled it out. “Teena was seated by the window. Her head may have banged against the road when the bus overturned,” Kiran said.
Ajay Kumar, the SHO of Surajpur police station, said a preliminary inquiry had revealed that the driver had dozed off. “No complaint has been received so far,” he said.