Conductor averts accident after bus driver suffers heart attack in Tamil Nadu
An alert conductor and passengers averted an accident as the driver of a bus plying in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul district suffered a heart attack on Friday. The bus driver, identified as Prabhu, died of a heart attack.A video, captured by the CCTV camera installed inside the bus, showed that the conductor and the passengers rushed to help the driver, who fainted as he had a heart attack and consequently lost control of the bus. The conductor pulled the emergency brakes in time as the passengers attended to the driver.advertisementPassengers were aboard a private bus plying toward Pudukottai. As the bus was crossing Kanakampatti, Prabhu called the conductor, attempting to signal that he was experiencing extreme chest pain, but before anyone could react, Prabhu fainted.
Seeing that the driver had lost consciousness and had no control over the vehicle any more, the conductor reacted swiftly, bringing the bus to an immediate halt and averted an accident.Police have launched an investigation into the case. They are examining the CCTV footage obtained from the bus and are also interrogating the conductor and the passengers.In a similar incident that came to light in November last year, a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) driver passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest while operating a bus near Yeshwantpur. Kiran, 39, was driving the bus from Nelamangala to Yeshwantpur when he suddenly experienced severe chest pain and lost consciousness.advertisementRecently, a number of heart attack cases have been reported wherein people have died attending events or going about their daily routine work.Earlier this month, a 22-year-old bride-to-be died of cardiac arrest during the Haldi ceremony, a day before her wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun. In another shocking incident, a 35-year-old man died after collapsing from a suspected heart attack while trying to start his scooter in Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur.Days before that a 50-year-old man named Wasim Sarwat collapsed after suffering a heart attack while dancing at his 25th wedding anniversary in UP's Bareilly.Must Watch
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