From correspondents in Delhi, India, 05:33 PM IST

A 28-year-old biker was run over by a recklessly driven Blueline bus in the Indian capital, taking the number killed by the killer fleet to 70 this year, police said Thursday.

Robert Mathew died instantly when the bus hit his bike in Gole Market, close to Connaught Place, around 10.30 p.m. Wednesday. The bus driver and the conductor fled the scene.

Matthew has become the 70th victim this year of the privately-run Blueline buses, which killed at least 120 people last year.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)