After 13 days within the hospital, Bangalore College (BU) pupil Shilpashree, 23, who was run over by a state-run bus on the varsity’s Jnana Bharati campus, succumbed to her accidents on Sunday morning, officers stated.
The post-graduate pupil of arithmetic was attempting to board a BMTC bus on the morning of October 10 when the accident occurred. She was admitted to Fortis Hospital at Bannerghatta highway the place she died round 4.30 am on Sunday. A local of Bangarpet in Kolar district, Shilpashree stayed on the college hostel.
Since October 10, at the least 5 different accidents have been reported on the college campus. Following Shilpashree’s accident, college students on the college blocked the gates of the campus and prevented autos from getting into the premises. The bus driver was additionally booked by the Jnana Bharati police for negligence.
In one other accident on October 10, Ravikumar Okay, 54, was injured, whereas the following day Ramanjenaya Vollur, a analysis scholar at BU, misplaced management of his two-wheeler whereas using over a pace bump on the highway and slipped right into a coma. He’s presently beneath therapy on the Nationwide Institute of Psychological Well being and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans).
Thilak, a PhD zoology pupil, and two others have been injured in separate highway accidents on the campus on October 11. In keeping with protesters, a highway accident was additionally reported on Wednesday morning.
Lokesh Ram, a pupil, alleged that there have been a number of accidents involving private and non-private autos on the varsity over the previous few months. “College roads have was a hazard zone for college students,” he stated.
The protesters sought a whole ban on personal and public autos from getting into the college campus in a bid to stop additional highway accidents. The scholars later known as off the agitation after the college promised to take motion on this regard. The college highway is a crucial stretch connecting Mysore Highway to Nagarbhavi and the Outer Ring Highway. It additionally acts as an important hyperlink to Ullala, Chandra Structure and plenty of different areas.