Sarthak Kanjilal
Baratang, October 11: A Cargo Truck on Saturday hit a Passenger Bus at Lorajik area of Baratang.
According to sources, the Cargo Truck was going towards Kadamtala from Lorajik area of Baratang and a State Transport Service Passenger Bus from Diglipur, was coming from the other side. The incident took place at around 11.00 AM.
Sources further said that at Lorajik slope the Cargo Truck driver detected that brakes of his trucks have failed due to which he lost the control over the truck, which resulted in this accident.
According to reports due to presence of mind shown by drivers of both Truck and Bus, the accident did not turn fatal.
As per report the driver of the truck signaled the bus driver about possible danger by headlight signals, following which the Bus driver took the bus in reverse direction. As there wasn’t enough time to reverse the bus completely, ultimately the truck hit the bus but the impact was minimal.
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