{
  "id": 852251,
  "title": "Class 8 girl killed as DTC bus runs over scooter in Delhi's New Ashok Nagar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/class-8-girl-killed-as-dtc-bus-runs-over-scooter-in-delhis-new-ashok",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T08:26:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/class-8-girl-killed-as-dtc-bus-runs-over-scooter-in-delhi-new-ashok-nagar-101786694291725.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An eight-year-old girl in class eight died on Friday after being struck by a DTC bus in New Ashok Nagar, East Delhi. She and her uncle were riding a scooter to school when the accident occurred around 8 a.m. The girl's body was taken to a hospital for further examination, and the police arrested the DTC bus driver, S K Murad, who fled the scene. Additionally, a 70-year-old woman was killed, and a family of three, including the eight-year-old girl, were injured when a drunk driver crashed his Mercedes into their car in northwest Delhi on the previous Saturday. The Mercedes driver, Shubham Sharma, a son of a Haryana Police sub-inspector, was arrested for causing death and injuries due to rash and negligent driving.",
  "summary": "The girl’s body was taken to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital in Kalyanpuri for medico-legal proceedings.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}