DTC bus runs over pedestrians; angry residents set the bus ablaze

A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus ran over pedestrians, which led angry residents to set the bus on fire in the Nangloi area on Monday.

On Monday, a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus ran over pedestrians in the Nangloi area of Delhi. The incident led to unrest in the locality as people gathered at the spot, pelted stones at the bus and damaged the windows of several vehicles. The angry residents also set the bus ablaze.

Unrest in Delhi after a DTC bus ran over pedestrians.

News agency PTI reported on Monday that a DTC bus ran over pedestrians in the Nangloi area, leading to unrest in the area by the residents, who even set the bus on fire. The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said it received a call about a DTC bus on fire at around 10 am. “A bus was found engulfed in flames, and the windows of some other vehicles were damaged. The fire was completely extinguished by 11 am,” a DFS officer told the news agency. A few days earlier, on Thursday, a DTC electric bus caught fire near a hospital on the Mehrauli-Badarpur road in south Delhi, DFS officials said. They added that all passengers were evacuated safely in time and no injuries were reported. The bus conductor, Arvind Kumar, said he noticed smoke coming out from the dashboard area.

One death occurred when the DTC bus ran over.

Police said that on Tuesday, a 30-year-old died after being run over by a DTC bus when he fell on the road after his scooter crashed into an open car door near Uttam Nagar West Metro Station. Police said a car had stopped on the left side of the road after one of the passengers felt unwell and asked the driver to stop so he could use the washroom. A senior police officer said, “The passenger opened the right rear door of the car. At the same time, a scooter rider coming from behind collided with the suddenly opened door.” After the collision, the rider fell onto the road and was run over by a DTC bus approaching from behind, said Ankit Singh, deputy commissioner of police, in a statement.

As per a PTI report, public transport buses on Delhi roads were involved in around 150 accidents, including 40 fatal crashes, in 2024-25.