Huzurabad: RTC driver stops bus on main road due to overload

Unable to drive the vehicle, the driver stalled the bus on the road and refused to go ahead until a few passengers got down from the bus.

Karimnagar: A TGRTC bus driver stopped the bus on the on Karimnagar-Warangal main road near Huzurabad bus stand citing overload of passengers on Thursday.

A total of 110 passengers had boarded the bus, which arrived from the Sircilla depot to the Huzurabad bus-stand.

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The driver had then requested some people to get off from the vehicle since it was not possible to drive an overloaded bus. However, no passenger was ready to get down. The helpless driver then started driving the vehicle towards Warangal.

When the vehicle came onto the main road, the driver was unable to see other vehicles through the side mirror as some of the passengers were hanging on to the footboard of the bus.

Unable to drive the vehicle, the driver stalled the bus on the road and refused to go ahead until a few passengers get down from the bus. He appealed to the passengers to cooperate with him by getting down the vehicle.

Asserting that with 110 passengers onboard, it was not possible to drive the vehicle, he asked few passengers to get down from the bus. He questioned that who would be held responsible if any untoward incident took place.

Following the driver’s protest, few passengers got down from the bus after which the driver resumed driving.