A 21-year-old Osmania University engineering student died after an RTC bus ran over her following a collision involving a scooter and another two-wheeler near the Fever Hospital traffic signal in Hyderabad’s Nallakunta on Monday morning, police said.
The deceased was identified as Sk Aisha Musfira, a second-year student at OU Engineering College. Her father, Md Areef, who was riding the scooter, sustained a minor injury in the crash.
According to Nallakunta sub-inspector Ch Hareesh Kumar, Aisha and her father were travelling from their residence in Vijay Nagar Colony towards the Osmania University campus at around 9.30 am when a two-wheeler approaching from the opposite direction allegedly came onto the wrong side of the road.
The approaching vehicle forced Areef to brake suddenly, police said. The scooter then lost balance and both occupants fell onto the road. Aisha fell to the right of the scooter and was run over by an RTC bus travelling behind them, while her father fell on the opposite side and escaped with a minor injury.
The account places the fatal impact within a sequence involving three road users: the oncoming two-wheeler, the scooter carrying the student and her father, and the bus following behind. The incident also highlights the immediate risks faced by vulnerable road users when a two-wheeler loses balance in the path of a larger vehicle.
Based on a complaint lodged by Areef, Nallakunta police registered a case against both the two-wheeler rider and the RTC bus driver. The case was filed under Section 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, relating to causing death by negligence, along with relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
The police have identified alleged wrong-side driving by the oncoming two-wheeler as the event that preceded the scooter’s sudden braking and fall. The registered case names both drivers, and further legal action will proceed on the basis of the investigation and available evidence.
Aisha’s body was shifted for an autopsy. The police investigation is expected to establish the precise circumstances of the collision, including the movements of the two-wheeler, scooter and RTC bus before the crash.
