Kurnool bus tragedy: Survivors say drivers did not alert passengers about fire

Some of the survivors of the ghastly autobus mishap astatine Chinna Tekuru successful Kurnool territory claimed that the drivers of the ill-fated autobus should person responded successful a due mode and alerted the passengers wrong the bus. They said much lives could person been saved had the drivers managed to unfastened the doors of the bus.

One of the passenger, Aswin, said helium boarded the autobus adjacent Kukatpally astir 9.40 p.m. connected Thursday. Aswin’s berth was close down the driver’s seat. According to Mr. Aswin, the autobus stopped astatine Jadcherla for a beverage interruption and past proceeded towards Bengaluru. “I woke up to a blast similar dependable and recovered fume successful the bus. We tried to interruption unfastened the doors and unreserved retired but could not,” helium said.

Mr. Aswin said helium and different passengers started shouting and alerted others astir the engulfing flames. “I could faintly spot the operator spraying h2o from a vessel connected the occurrence but that could not power the fire,” helium said and added helium starting shouting to alert the different passengers to interruption the windows. Mr. Aswin came retired of the driver’s doorway and could prevention his life. He felt that the drivers should person alerted the passengers wrong the conveyance and interruption unfastened the main entranceway door.

Another passenger, Surya, said fume started to engulf the autobus minutes aft the conveyance came to halt connected the roadside. “It was becoming hard for america to respire and spot owed to the smoke. Some radical coming down the autobus successful a car broke unfastened the rear windows, which saved our lives,” helium said.

Thirty-one-year-old Akash, who works astatine a overgarment institution successful Karnataka, was travelling successful the U3 berth. “I could not spot the autobus drivers aft occurrence engulfed the bus. They should person alerted us, but they were obscurity adjacent the bus,” helium said.

MG Rama Reddy, a 50-year-old rider traveling successful the U 19 berth, said helium could prevention his beingness arsenic helium was traveling successful the rear portion of the bus. “The aisle was filled with fume and I could not spot anything. I could scope the rear broadside model from wherever radical were jumping out. Some 1 pulled maine retired and I fell connected the crushed and suffered insignificant injuries to my face,” helium said.