This was when we were going to Goa for my cousin bro's marriage. Due to carelessness of 2 drivers, lives of around 35 people could have been in danger. We were travelling in a Volvo bus to Goa and this incident happened when the driver wanted to stop for dinner around 9 p.m. He was trying to take a U turn on a high way near Dabaspet. I guess he dint even bother to see whether there was a vehicle coming behind and for our bad luck it was raining heavily too. There was a lorry coming behind which dint see our bus taking a U turn and banged into our bus.
The sound of the collision of the two vehicles brought all the passengers to a great shock and we were even scared to open our eyes to see what has happened. Volvo almost tilted and came back to position. Thankfully since it was a Volvo, the seats are at a greater height than other buses, hence the lorry hit the luggage section. One big window glass was broken into pieces and the guy right next to the window was hurt. Dad was right in front of that seat and thankfully nothing happened to him. Me and Mom were on the other side and glass pieces were all on our face, head, ears but nothing happened to us. The guy who was hurt had lot of patience, dint panic and was taken to the hospital. Most of us were in total shock. We also heard that the lorry driver was hurt badly but he was not there when the ambulance arrived.
I think its the good luck of few people in the bus or might be since we were travelling to Kuladevasthan, God saved us. Thankyou God.
Its been almost a month since this accident happened and to this day im so scared when someone applies a sudden brake, i just recollect that sound, that scene and my heart loses a beat!
Accidents have become so common nowadays and majority cases are due to carelessness while driving and also rash driving. Why dont people understand that we have to live our life and not leave our life!!
