Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Delhi schoolgirl killed as DTC electric bus hits scooter
A girl named Kayna Pal, who was 12 years old, was going to school on a scooter with her uncle.
She wanted to attend an Independence Day programme at her school.
Suddenly, a big electric bus hit their scooter.
The impact made them both fall onto the road.
Kayna fell down and the bus ran over her, and sadly she passed away.
Her uncle, Gajendra Pal, was seriously hurt.
The accident happened in Dallupura, which is in East Delhi, on a Friday morning.
Kayna lived with her family in Khichripur.
The police are looking into what happened.
It is a very sad day for her family and her school.
A 12-year-old girl, Kayna Pal, a Class 8 student, was killed in East Delhi's Dallupura on Friday morning.
A DTC electric bus collided with the scooter she was riding with her uncle.
The girl fell onto the road and was run over by the bus, police said.
Her uncle, Gajendra Pal (35), was seriously injured in the accident.
The girl was on her way to her school in Vasundhara to attend an Independence Day programme.
- Who
- Kayna Pal, a 12-year-old Class 8 student, and her uncle Gajendra Pal (35)
- What
- A DTC electric bus collided with their scooter; the girl fell on the road and was run over and killed, while her uncle was seriously injured
- When
- Friday morning
- Where
- East Delhi's Dallupura, while the two travelled from Kondli towards Dallupura
- Why
- The girl was being taken to her school in Vasundhara to attend an Independence Day programme
- Victim
- Kayna Pal, 12, Class 8 student
- Injured
- Gajendra Pal (35), uncle
- Incident
- DTC electric bus collided with scooter and ran over the girl after she fell
- Location
- Dallupura, East Delhi
- Route
- Kondli towards Dallupura
- Destination
- School in Vasundhara
- Purpose
- Independence Day programme
- Residence
- Khichripur