Driver Dies On Steering Wheel After Parking Bus To Safety Off Highway
Nalgonda: An RTC bus driver died on steering wheel while driving the bus from Khammam to Hyderabad at Nakirekal on Sunday early hours.
Saidulu (45), attached to Khammam depot of TSRTC, suffered a heart stroke when the bus was at a highway speed. Still worried about the passengers' safety, he mustered energy to control the vehicle which had 37 passengers on board, and parked safely on the left. It was still dark at 3am in the morning.
As the bus stopped without any obstruction in the front, passengers suspected something wrong and checked on the driver who was lying on the steering wheel. Then then realized that he was already dead and informed the police.
The police arranged another bus for the passengers and body of the driver was sent for post-mortem.
