howrah a young it professional was crushed to death and an msc student critically injured when the bus they were travelling in ran over them the two jumped off the bus that was rolling down a bridge in panic after they saw the driver doing the same as he lost control of the vehicle the accident occurred on friday around 1030am a west bengal transport corporation wbtc bus was going up howrahs bankim setu when it suddenly stopped and started rolling back the driver unable to control the bus as both the brake and clutch had failed jumped out along with the conductor with the driverless bus rolling down the bridges slope two women passengers fearing it would meet with an accident jumped off itonce they jumped out they began running down the slope but the bus rolling at an everbrisker pace as it gained momentum mowed one down and ran over the others leg the bus then rammed into a salt lakebound private bus that was travelling up the bridge and came to a haltthe rear wheels of the bus crushed the head of 27yearold upama mukherjee debolina ray 22 a student at calcutta university is admitted to sskm hospitalupama was heading to work at bidyut bhavan where she had started working two months ago after getting her computer diploma upama took up a job at a sector v firm where she worked for two years before joining wbsedcl debolina was on her way to the universitynarrating the accident after going through cctv camera footage howrah oc mani shankar sengupta said the bus was going up the bridge at a speed of 20km when an apparent mechanical fault caused it to jerk and roll back a passenger of the bus pradip das 59 said i have been travelling to work on this route for 26 years the bus suddenly jerked stopped for three seconds and started rolling down the driver and conductor jumped off adding to the panichowrah city police acp south gulam sarwar said we have seized the bus and will send it for forensic examination the bus appears to be in a bad state it should not have been plying on the roadshattered upamas father monojit said he will write to the cm appealing that all government buses be properly tested to avoid accidents like the one that killed his daughter no one should have to pay with his or her life while availing service from a government organisation said the retired united bank of india employee