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Close call for bus passengers

Staff Reporter

Vehicle overturns after its driver tries to avoid a motorcyclist

Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty

WAGES OF RASH DRIVING: The bus and the motorcycle that were involved in the accident on NH-5 near Bhubaneswar on Friday.

BHUBANESWAR: About 40 persons had a miraculous escape when a bus in which they were traveling overturned and plunged into a roadside canal on the outskirt of capital city on Friday evening.

At least 17 passengers, including four women, sustained injuries. They were rushed to nearby Hi-Tech Medical College Hospital. The incident took place at around 6 p.m near Palasuni on NH 5 when the bus driver lost control in his attempt to save a motorcycle rider, Prafulla Sahoo, who escaped unhurt, said.

The bus, Pabansoot, had started from Bhubaneswar and was on its way to Vingarpur, 20 km away from here. The bike rider was trying to overtake the bus.

Vehicular movement on the busy NH-5 came to standstill after the accident. Soon Cuttack as well as Khurda police stopped vehicles from both the sides as the place of accident got crowded.

Subsequently, a crane was engaged to lift the bus from the canal, which had not much water. Police had a tough time to clear the onlookers. Deputy Inspector General of Police Y B Khurania, Superintendent of Police of Cuttack Soumendra Priyadarshi and Khurda SP Amitabh Thakur were seen monitoring the situation.

As per the report last came in, condition of the 17 passengers, injured in the accident, was stable. The bike rider fled the spot apprehending attack by the passengers.

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