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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNew Delhi:<\/span> A 12-year-old girl lost her life after being run over by a school bus near Majlis Park Metro station in northwest Delhi Tuesday morning. The bus first hit an e-rickshaw Priyanshi was taking to school. The impact hurled her onto the road, and she was run over by the same bus.The Class VI student of a govt school in Model Town and a resident of Mukundpur was taken to Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, where doctors declared her dead. Her elder sister, Sejal (16), a cousin and two more students were in the e-rickshaw. No other injuries were reported.Police apprehended Kamal Singh (55), the bus driver, from the spot and seized the vehicle, which prima facie, was being illegally operated as a school bus.The bereaved family claimed that precious minutes were lost following the accident. According to Priyanshi\u2019s uncle, Roshan Kumar, while Sejal and the cousin screamed for help as she lay critically injured on the road, most of the bystanders chose to shoot videos of the accident site instead of rushing her to hospital when every second mattered. \u201cDoctors told us if she had reached 15 minutes earlier, she could have been saved. However, it took nearly half an hour to take her to the hospital,\u201d Kumar said.The e-rickshaw, which was carrying five children, was heading to Model Town. The bus, which was also carrying school students, was going from Majlis Park towards Pitampura, police said, adding the Adarsh Nagar police station was alerted about the accident around 7 am.Some labourers working at a nearby construction site recalled the chaos that followed the accident that took place on the busy road. \u201cWe rushed to the spot and found a huge crowd had gathered. An ambulance was called. The girl was lying on the road, while another girl had bloodstains splattered on her uniform,\u201d said Manish (18), a labourer.Another labourer, Bharat (18), claimed accidents were very common on the stretch. \u201cThe road remains busy throughout the day. This accident led to traffic snarls that lasted for hours,\u201d he added.Priyanshi would travel to school in the same e-rickshaw every day, police said, adding that her family knew its driver, Ajay Prasad (45), well. He is being questioned and the e-rickshaw has been seized.Police personnel and a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team inspected the site. Priyanshi\u2019s body has been preserved at the hospital\u2019s mortuary for a post-mortem examination.The accident has raised concerns about the safety of school children during their commute in the city. Police are looking into whether the school bus was following the permit rules specified by Delhi govt. According to the rules, such a vehicle should be painted yellow and \u2018school bus\u2019 must be written on the back and front. In case of a hired bus, \u2018on school duty\u2019 should be clearly mentioned. At Adarsh Nagar police station, TOI <\/span>found the seized white bus did not follow any of these rules.A Final Farewell<\/span>Priyanshi is survived by sister Sejal, father, Pramod Kumar \u2014 a guard at a mall \u2014 and her mother, a homemaker. The girl bid goodbye to her family with her customary \u201cRadhe Radhe\u201d as she left for school in the morning. Little did her family realise that was the last time they would see her alive.The bubbly preteen recently enrolled in a new school after completing her primary education. Throughout the summer vacation, the Class VI student spoke excitedly about the new session, eager to return to the classroom.\u201cShe loved mathematics and dreamt of building a career around it. She always scored good marks,\u201d her uncle, Roshan Kumar, told TOI<\/span> outside the mortuary.Having recently shifted from a private school, Priyanshi quickly settled into a govt secondary school in Model Town. Her relatives recalled how she would eagerly ask them when the classes would resume after the summer recess.\u201cOn Monday night, she diligently finished her homework and prepared charts and project files that she was looking forward to submitting the next morning. Both she and my daughter were working on the charts together. They looked so excited while doing the assignment,\u201d Kumar said.The family \u2014 three brothers, their wives and four children \u2014 lives in the same locality in Mukundpur. Kumar said either he or his elder sister-in-law would normally accompany the kids to school. \u201cWe didn\u2019t go with them today. That thought will always haunt us,\u201d he said, adding that the cousins often travelled together. However, since Priyanshi\u2019s e-rickshaw was full on Tuesday, Kumar\u2019s daughter took another one.The charts that Priyanshi carefully prepared and her packed school bag are now among the memories her relatives are desperately clutching to as they struggle to come to terms with the monumental loss. \u201cWe never imagined that Tuesday morning would be the last time we would hear her say \u2018Radhe Radhe\u2019,\u201d her uncle lamented.<\/div>\n