Delhi bus accident: Wedding party recalls 15 minutes of horror, groom informed in the morning

A sudden collision, glasses shattering, passengers thrown sideways, and then — pin drop silence. It took the occupants of the bus few seconds to realise that they had met with an accident.

A sudden collision, glasses shattering, passengers thrown sideways, and then — pin drop silence. It took the occupants of the bus few seconds to realise that they had met with an accident.

The bus was carrying about 30 people who were trapped inside till passersby broke the windows to rescue them. (Sushil Kumar/HT Photo)

Soon there was shouting as passersby stopped their vehicles and gathered around the bus. Those who were trapped inside recall that it was “15 minutes of horror”. The collision between their bus and a truck had led to over 30 occupants getting stuck inside the vehicle.

“We must have been trapped inside the bus for around 15 minutes. After the collision, somehow, I ended up standing, clutching to a window bar for support. My aunts and nieces were crying for help. I couldn’t see properly who was where as it was pitch dark,” said Nivedita, groom Manish Gupta’s sister.

Nivedita said that locals smashed window glasses on the rear end of the bus to rescue the passengers.

“Police came late to the spot. Some four-five men helped us out one by one,” said Nivedita.

Manish Gupta, a businessman in Lajpat Nagar, was informed about the accident in the morning after the marriage rituals were over, the family said. His relatives feared that he would come running to the accident spot without completing the wedding if they would have informed him earlier.