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JAIPUR: An elderly woman who had come to Jaipur for his son’s National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination was killed after a bus ran over her at Sindhi Camp bus stand Sunday night.
According to the accident police station (west), Premvati (60) had come to Jaipur from Dholpur along with her two children. As per investigation officer, Bhawani Singh, after her son’s exam concluded, she decided to visit a temple at Khatu Shyam.
“She had brought tickets for her destination when near platform number five, a bus ran over her,” Singh said, adding that she was taken to hospital where she was declared brought dead.
There was a complete tumult following the accident after several people came to rescue her. She was ferried to the hospital but could not be saved and died without regaining consciousness
Her daughter and son cried for help as their mother lay dead in front of them. “The entire Sindhi Camp area was jam-packed due to NEET examination. Her son had completed the test in the evening and the family arrived at the bus stand, hoping to travel to Khatu Shyam ji temple for darshan,” an official said.
Sources said that the woman was crushed under the wheels as people screamed at the bus driver to stop the bus. Police said that the woman was a native of Bari in Dholpur district and had come to Jaipur on Saturday for her son’s examination.
“We have shifted her body to the mortuary for the post-mortem. Her children were completely devastated. We tried to console them but in vain,” an official who was present in the hospital said.
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