A 12-year-old schoolgirl was killed after a school bus collided with an e-rickshaw carrying schoolchildren near Majlis Park Metro Station in northwest Delhi on Tuesday morning, police said.

According to police, a PCR call regarding the accident was received at Adarsh Nagar police station, following which a police team rushed to the spot.

Preliminary inquiry revealed that the school bus was being driven by Kamal Singh (55), a resident of Kaushik Enclave in Burari. The bus allegedly collided with an e-rickshaw driven by Ajay Prasad (45), a resident of Mukundpur, which was transporting schoolchildren.

During the collision, Priyanshi (12), daughter of Pramod Kumar and a resident of Rama Garden in Mukundpur, fell from the e-rickshaw and sustained grievous injuries after coming under the bus.

She was immediately taken to Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial (BJRM) Hospital in Jahangirpuri, where doctors declared her brought dead. Police said no other child sustained injuries in the incident.

The Crime Team and the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team inspected the accident spot. The girl’s body has been preserved in the mortuary for post-mortem examination.

Police have taken both the school bus and the e-rickshaw into possession, while the bus driver has been apprehended.

A case has been registered at Adarsh Nagar police station under the relevant provisions of law. Further investigation is under way.