Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Seven-year-old boy dies after bus door traps neck
A seven-year-old boy named Divyesh died in Vadodara.
His neck was found caught in the door of a parked bus.
The bus was at a repair workshop.
A camera showed the driver closing the door, but about 15 minutes of video were missing.
Later video showed people trying to open the door and remove the boy.
Police do not yet know how he got to the workshop or exactly what happened.
They are checking whether a child could have pushed open the bus door.
They are also investigating whether the missing video was caused by a power cut or another problem.
Forensic experts and a post-mortem examination are part of the investigation.
Seven-year-old Class 2 student Divyesh Rathwa died after his neck was allegedly trapped in a luxury bus door in Vadodara.
The bus was parked at an automobile workshop on the Suryanagar-Tarsali bypass when the incident occurred, police said.
Available CCTV footage shows the driver closing the automatic door, followed later by the boy hanging from it; footage of the intervening minutes is missing.
Police are investigating how the boy reached the workshop and whether the closed hydraulic door could have been forced open by a child.
The boy’s body was sent for a post-mortem examination, while forensic teams were called to collect evidence.
- Who
- Divyesh Rathwa, a seven-year-old Class 2 student, died; Vadodara police are investigating.
- What
- The child’s neck was allegedly trapped in the automatic door of a parked luxury bus.
- When
- The incident occurred on Thursday, August 20; the child had returned from school around 12:30 p.m. before going out again.
- Where
- At an automobile repair workshop on the Suryanagar-Tarsali bypass in Vadodara.
- Why
- The reason the child went to the workshop and the precise circumstances of his death remain under investigation.
- Victim
- Divyesh Rathwa, aged seven
- School level
- Class 2
- Location
- An automobile repair workshop on Vadodara’s Suryanagar-Tarsali bypass
- CCTV evidence
- Available footage shows the bus door closing and later shows the boy hanging from it
- Missing footage
- Approximately 15 minutes of relevant CCTV footage are unavailable
- Police investigation
- Police are examining the missing footage, the door mechanism and how the boy reached the workshop
- Forensic action
- Forensic teams were called, and the body was sent for post-mortem examination