Sleeper bus driver dozes off at wheel, major tragedy averted
PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 15 -- A major accident was avoided on Wednesday when the driver of a tourist sleeper bus fell asleep at the wheel. The bus, travelling from Jaipur to Varanasi, lost control and skidded off the highway in Pratapgarh district.
The sleeper bus was carrying around 25 passengers. Around noon, near Tiwari Pur village under Manikpur police station on the Prayagraj-Lucknow Highway, the bus veered off the road into the unpaved roadside area and came to a slanted halt. A 45-year-old woman passenger, Chinta Devi, wife of Nandlal Chauhan from Malda village in Ballia district, sustained head injuries after hitting her head against a seat during the sudden jolt. Several other passengers suffered minor injuries. The situation was further complicated when a car and a motorcycle travelling behind the bus collided with it. The crash injured motorcycle riders Pramod Yadav, son of Ram Bahadur from Intaura Kunda, and another person named Sanjay. Police transported the injured to the Kunda CHC. Chinta Devi was later referred to SRN Hospital in Prayagraj for specialised treatment....
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