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Son Dies Saving Mother in Noida Bus Fire: "She Stays, I Stay"
- •Shashank Gupta, 28, tragically died trying to save his mother, Sunita Gupta, 47, from a burning AC sleeper bus on the Yamuna Expressway.
- •The bus, traveling from Delhi to Mahoba, caught fire near Jewar, killing nine of 35 passengers, including the mother and son.
- •Shashank, an engineer with IndiGo, refused to leave the bus without his mother, who struggled to move due to knee pain.
- •Passengers reportedly noticed a burning smell earlier and warned the driver and conductor, but their concerns were allegedly dismissed.
- •The family identified the charred bodies of Shashank by a ring and Sunita by her height; they were returning home after Sunita's medical treatment in Gurgaon.
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A sleeper bus traveling from Kashmere Gate in Delhi to Mahoba caught fire near the 33-km milestone of the Yamuna Expressway in Jewar late on a Wednesday night, resulting in nine deaths out of 35 people on board. While the exact technical cause is under investigation, passenger complaints in the FIR alleged that the driver and conductor continued smoking in the cabin and dismissed warnings about a burning smell before flames erupted near the driver's seat.
The tragic bus fire claimed a total of nine lives. Twenty-six passengers, along with two drivers and a conductor, managed to survive the blaze by escaping through windows or after the vehicle stopped.
Twenty-eight-year-old Shashank Gupta refused to abandon his 47-year-old mother, Sunita Gupta, who struggled to move due to a knee condition. Despite being urged by crew members to escape, Shashank stayed behind to help her toward the exit, but both ultimately collapsed and perished from the smoke and flames.
