PRAMESH S JAIN
BMTC Bus Topples in Rajajinagar,12, including passengers and crew, injured as BMTC bus topples Narrow Escape for Passengers :
* Narrow escape for passengers after BMTC bus topples.
* Driver Negligency resulted in Gruesome incident.
* No Proper Design of Flyover and no Proper Signage boards installed.
* BMTC Driver Conductors are Forced to Change their Route .
* Bus has came in wrong route as per Form -4 (Route Trip Sheet).
* Passerby Rescued all the passengers safely.
“BMTC Bus Drivers negligency resulted in Bus Topple “
BMTC bus toppled at a flyover in Rajajinagar resulting in severe injuries to at least seven to eight passengers.
In an unfortunate and Gruesome incident a BMTC bus toppled in the entrance of the flyover in Rajajinagar resulting in close to 12 passengers injured today.
On Wednesday morning a BMTC bus toppled at the entrance of the Rajajinagar 1st block flyover Under Malleshwaram traffic police station limits resulting in 12 pasengers sustaining severe injuries it is reported that the 2 passengers are severely injured.
A total of 23 passengers were travelling in the bus when the incident occurred at Rajajinagar first block.The injured were shifted immediately to KC General and Fortis Hospital in Rajajinagar 1st block by Malleshwaram traffic cops.As the bus hit a divider as the bus driver tried to avert ramming a auto and bike rider on the flyover before losing balance and toppling.This incident took place when the bus driver tried to overtake an Auto as he overtook a auto he hit a flyover wall as divider trying to avoid ramming into a bike rider on the flyover as the driver immediately turned to avoid the bike rider the driver lost the balance of bus and toppled on the flyover.
The BMTC bus, route no 180 A (KA 01 FA 2309) which belongs to Depot-31,of Summanahalli was on its way to KHB colony from Kavalbyrasandra was carrying 23 pasengers out of 14 have severely injured and the injured victims were identified as,Smt.Mohana,72,of Adarsha nagar in RT Nagar,Arogya Swamy,56,of Yelahanka, Darshan.A,19,and his father Aaran Moji M, 62,residents of Adarsha Nagar,Vijay Kumar,32,of,Conductor of BMTC bus 180A, of Sumanahalli Depot -31,Prabhakar TS,25,of Chitradurga,Krishna Murthy,50,of Kurubarahalli,Sushmitha Nataraju,24,of Rajajinagar,Ambika CN,30,of HRBR Layout; Chikkegowda.M,45,of Mahalakshmi Layout,Kamala S,43,of Shankaramutt area,Jayakumar J,25,of Doddaballapura and Nanjappa N, 68, of RT Nagar.Apart from Mohanambike,Driver Ningegowda other passengers sustained minor injuries.
The bus route no.180 was plying from Kavalbyrasandra to KHB Colony, off Magadi Road, around 11am with around 20 passengers when it fell on its side after hitting a flyover median. According to driver Ninge Gowda, the vehicle was about to climb the flyover on West of Chord Road to reach KHB Colony.When he noticed a auto, who overtook the bus from the left and immediately came to the right. Trying to save the Auto Driver and biker from coming under the bus wheels, Ningegowda claimed that he ended up crashing into the flyover median. Due to the massive impact, the bus overturned in the middle of the road he told reporters.
Right after the incident the officials of the Fire department,Traffic,BMTC,BBMP and transport department with, MLA,Gopalaiah,BJP leader,Harish with Additional Commissioner Traffic,P.Harishekaran,DCP Traffic,West,Dr.S.K.
Additional commissioner of police Traffic,after inspecting the spot and collecting information about the incident told media persons that,At around 10.30 am today a bmtc bus toppled after ramming into the median of a Rajajinagar 1st block nearly eight passengers have been injured.An Elderly women has been severely injured and we are trying our best to give her special treatment at the hospital we are in touch with hospital authorities and a case has been registered in this regard as the preliminary investigation in the case it says the accident caused due to negligency of the driver.We have begun a probe and will find out what caused the accident, totally Fourteen people, including bus driver Ningegowda and conductor Vijay Kumar, sustained injuries, mostly minor. Only a 72-year-old woman called Mohanambike, from RT Nagar, suffered a severe head injury and is in ICU at Fortis Hospital he added.
Accident leads to traffic snarls as the accident triggered a massive traffic jam was seen on West of Chord Road and surrounding roads for nearly an hour. Additional traffic cops with local jurisdictional law and order Police were deployed to decongest the area.The bus was lifted with a crane and seized.
The injured passengers and BMTC staffers were rushed to Fortis and KC General hospitals.Around Ten patients were rushed to our facility,In which a elderly woman has been severely injured and has been shifted to ICU, another requires surgery, five have been shifted to the ward and the rest have been discharged, said a Public Relation officer of Fortis Hospital, Rajajinagar. Five of the injured were treated as out patients at KC General Hospital in Malleswaram and got discharged said a KC General hospital doctor.
“Rajajinagar 1st Block Flyover turned into Black-Spot as Accident spot “.
Vijayalakshmi,a resident of Rajajinagar who who was preparing for 2nd PUC exams one of the Eyewitness,said she was studying for her board exams in her room which is just opposite of the flyover she said I heard a loud thud when the bus hit the flyover median and within few seconds,it toppled.I was shocked and immediately came to see out the bus was toppled I immediately called my mom and with other neighbours we went for the rescue as public who noticed immediately broken the glass panes with their helmets and went inside and pulled all the passengers out she even said public the passer by have helped to rescue the passengers and the Ambulance also reached very soon and shifted all the patients to the nearby hospital after pulling the passengers the locals gave water and traffic police also rushed and cordoned the area and many claims it is a confusion for the commuters to which side they should go as their is no proper signage and in last week there are many such incidents have been reported at this same spot as two days back one auto with kids toppled on the flyover there was no casualty reported and we are scared to cross road here as many vehicle comes in high speed they driver very fast and recently one elderly women who was crossing the road in the other side of the road was hitted by the speedy car like this many incidents have taken place and in the night some errant motorist drive rashly with loud sound and many buses stops on the entrance of the flyover to board and Deboard passengers and on the flyover many drive in negligeny manner and drink and drive is more here we request the concerned authorities to take some precautionary measures to avoid such incidents and save innocents life by installing proper signage boards as in which way they should go and the speed breaker,proper lightings,and by an enforcement to curb this menace and nab the errant motorists who drive rashly on the flyover risking others life she finally said I pray to God that all the passengers be safe and get well soon by taking proper treatment and this flyover has now turned into accident zone a Black spot as Accident spot. She added.
Form-4,Route Trip Sheet Violated by BMTC.
Spoke person of BMTC driver association said that this tragedy would have not taken place if the driver and conductor would have followed the Form-4 the route alloted by the BMTC as they should compulsorily ply Via Vivekananda college near Mysore sandal soap while coming and going both the way they should pass through Swami Vivekananda College as many conductors and drivers are forced to change the route as divert the route as in the Depot-31,A traffic inspector Rajanna mentions on the Form-4 to ply via Isckon temple,Rajajinagar to reach KHB Colony and follow the same while going to Kaval Byrasandra also by telling senior officers have instructed us to write in Form -4 route trip sheet to change or divert as they are not getting revenue from that route as there will be only pass holders who will board the bus as many students and other pass holders will board from here so there will be no revenue generation from this route so they ask us to divert the route as they are against the pass holders because they are only making money by generating revenue we ask the authorities why they don’t like or love pass holders so if all the bus driver and conductor follow and go accordingly Form-4,many will not face problem and this type of gruesome or tragedy incident can be avoided he added.
