Private bus injures Faridkot teenager

Kotkapura (Faridkot), July 23

A 15-year-old boy was hit by a private bus on the Kotkapura-Faridkot road this evening. The bus is reportedly owned by SAD’s Gidderbaha constituency in charge and Muktsar District Planning Committee chairman Hardeep Singh alias Dimpy Dhillon.

The boy, Lovepreet Singh, son of a motor mechanic of Sandhwan village in Faridkot, was riding a scooter when a speeding bus of New Deep Transport ran over his legs after hitting the scooter. The driver was allegedly trying to overtake another bus when he hit the scooter.

While the critically injured victim was rushed to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, local residents vandalised the bus and blocked the road.

They demanded immediate arrest of the driver, who managed to flee the spot. The protesters also damaged other buses of the same transport company. — TNS