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Mentally ill man hijacks Pune bus, kills 6
Wednesday January 25, 2012 10:49:02 AM,
IANS
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Pune:
At least six people were killed and more than two dozen vehicles
damaged when a mentally-disturbed staffer of the government bus
service hijacked a state transport (ST) bus and went on a rampage
through the streets of Pune Wednesday, police said.
"So far, we have got reports of six pedestrians being killed in
the incident and another 17 being injured, while two dozen
vehicles have been damaged. The driver of the vehicle has been
arrested from Nilayam Talkies area," a Pune police control
official told IANS.
The incident happened shortly before 8 a.m. when the Maharashtra
State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) driver Santosh Mane
suddenly climbed into a Pune-Satara-Pune bus and zoomed off onto
the road outside the Swargate ST Depot, driving at a high speed on
the wrong side of the road, taking the oncoming vehicles and
people unawares.
From there, he sped off for nearly 25 km, ramming stationary or
moving vehicles on the route and crushing or knocking off
pedestrians before he was nabbed by a police party at Dandekar
Flyover, the official said.
Fire brigade and local residents helped police to bring the
vehicle under control and rush the victims to nearby hospitals.
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