BENGALURU: A BMTC Vayu Vajra Volvo bus was involved in a serial accident on the Hebbal flyover. The bus was on its way from the Kempegowda International Airport to HSR Layout on Sunday morning when the accident occurred.
The bus rammed into four motorcycles and four cars before it came to a stop. There were only five passengers in the bus at that tim. Screams could be heard from people on the road after the bus rammed into the vehicles. One of the two-wheeler riders was seriously injured in the accident. Luckily, there was no loss of life.
A #BMTC Volvo Bus 🚎 ( #Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation ) , Karnataka bus crashed Multiple Vehicles bikes and cars on #Hebbal Flyover 🚗 🏍️🚲
Bus driver lost control or break fail 😩 ?
2 People injured 🤕 & 1 hospitalised 🏥
Accident captured in CCTV installed in… pic.twitter.com/LTU3Rlvyo9
— Ajay Bijarniya (@BijarniyaAjay) August 13, 2024
In videos from inside the bus, which are doing the rounds on social media, the bus driver can be heard saying that the brakes had failed. The conductor Raghavendra can be heard asking the driver Rajkumar to hit the brakes while the driver replied that the brakes weren’t functioning.
Later, the driver said the bus skidded when he applied the brakes and hit a motorcycle after which he panicked and the bus hit a few more motorcycles and four cars. The BMTC is investigating whether there was brake failure or if there was negligence on the part of the driver. The bus belongs to Depot 25 and was plying on the 7A/5 route.