Close shave for passengers as rear tyres of overcrowded RTC bus come off in Jagtial

A major disaster was averted by an alert RTC bus driver after the rear tyres of the vehicle reportedly came off on the outskirts of Morapalli village in Jagtial district on Sunday. Fortunately, none of the passengers sustained any major injuries in the incident as the driver managed to stop the bus immediately.

The incident



occurred when the bus, belonging to Nirmal depot, was carrying around 150-170 people, mostly women against its seating capacity of 55 passengers. Sources said the ‘Palle Velugu’ was overcrowded due to low frequency of the buses. Further, the long-weekend prompted many people travel to their native places, with many buses running beyond their capacity.