Nagpur: The fatal accident that killed three girl students of LAD college near NIT swimming pool on Ambazari road on Tuesday morning, has once again raised the safety concern of commuters in view of giant machines moving on city roads in view of ongoing metro rail works. A CCTV footage issued by Metro Rail authorities has now been doing the rounds. The video however does not show up the exact point of accident however it gives a clear idea of what must have happened.
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The video shows that the three girl students speeding on a scooter first overtakes an autorickshaw driver after their scooter bump over an uneven cover of pothole. As their scooter jumped the pothole lid, they lose balance and hit the hydra machine moving slowly in similar direction.
Another CCTV grab shows that the hydra machine driver tries to flee after the accident, but the onlookers soon catches him and make him drive hydra machine again. Later the people are seen pulling out the bodies from under the vehicle and shifting one of them into a car which stopped after hearing the commotion.
Meanwhile, an eyewitness also detailed about the accident on camera which specifies that the girls were riding triple seat and were not wearing any helmet. He also said that the girls were driving hurriedly and following the imbalance they lost control over the vehicle and came under the wheels. He added that when the onlookers alerted the driver, he tried to reverse the vehicle but the girls were all crushed under the wheel.
