As if seven deaths at the busy Chandni Chowk junction in the past nine months were not enough, A Std XI student was run over by a speeding school bus at the ill-fated junction yesterday. Local corporators of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) are blaming the civic body administration for the slow pace of the road-widening work that is leading to loss of innocent lives. Finally, as if woken from slumber, Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Pathak has promised to widen the narrow road in 15 days.

Freak mishap: The school bus that ran over Rajat Kulkarni, who died on the spot. Kulkarni’s bike collided with the truck (left) that was coming from the opposite side near Chandni Chowk