HONDA: The Honda police arrested the driver of a Balrath school bus of the of Bhagwan Mahavir Government High School for allegedly running over a woman and leaving her grievously injured.
Sources stated that Sujita Lavu Shetkar was knocked down by the bus as she was walking by the roadside near the Honda police outpost.
Unaware of the incident, the bus driver continued to drag the woman who was still under the wheel. It was only when the onlookers raised an alarm, the driver stopped and realised his mistake.
As the Honda panchayat meeting was scheduled on Thursday, the sarpanch, deputy sarpanch and all panch members rushed to the site to help the injured woman while Sumedha Madkar accompanied the victim in the 108 ambulance to Sankhali Community Health Centre. After administering first aid, she was shifted to the Goa Medical College, Bambolim as her condition was deteriorating.
Locals said that the victim resides at Narayan Nagar, Honda in a rented space and had come to school to pick up her son.