A magisterial probe ordered by the Delhi government in school van-tanker collision in which a seven-year-old girl was killed and 17 others injured has found the school owner and the van driver was at fault.
According to probe report, the school van was plying on the road without the “permit” and also there was no “fitness” certificate of the vehicle.
A school van, which collided with a milk tanker resulting in the death of a seven-year-old girl and injuries to 17 other students last week, did not have the necessary clearances to ply on the road, the probe into the accident has found.
The Northwest Delhi District Magistrate C Uday Kumar, who was heading the probe has recommended registration of cases against the present owner of the school van and its driver under sections 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had ordered a magisterial probe into the incident following which Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash had directed the Northwest District Magistrate to submit his interim report within three days.
In the report, the district magistrate revealed the school van had last year completed 15 years on road, but the present owner of the vehicle was using it for transportation of school children.
The magisterial report also found that the driver of van was driving on the wrong side of the road which led to the accident.
On 27 April, a seven-year-old girl was killed and 17 students were injured after the milk tanker and the private school van collided near the Kanhaiya Nagar metro station in northwest Delhi.
The driver of the private school van had his earphones on and was driving on the wrong side of the road. The milk tanker driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol.