New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) A 24-year-old bus assistant died Sunday after his neck got stuck between the automatic doors of a parked school bus, police said.

The accident occurred around 1.15 p.m. inside the premises of the Birla Vidya Niketan in Saket in south Delhi.

'Sanjay was cleaning the bus which was parked inside the school. There was no one except him. He might have pressed the close button of the automatic door and got stuck while trying to get out,' a police official said.

Police said the bus was a low-floor one similar to those run by the state transport department.