Bus Driver Avoids Collision With Car Speeding On The Wrong Side Of The Road, Thanks To His Quick Thinking

If you are a desi you must have heard the adage, ¡®Nazar hati, durghatna ghati,¡¯ which means that tragedy can take place in a matter of seconds.

Well, that is exactly what would have happened with a bus driver in Brazil and the passengers onboard had he not shown great presence of mind.

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The now-viral video shows a bus driver acting instinctively to avert a head-on collision. The video is from some time ago, according to a report, but people are talking about it online now.

The 18-second video that is enough to make one¡¯s heart skip a beat shows a vehicle speeding towards the bus from the wrong side of the road.

The video has what seem like four different angles from different cameras. While the bus driver is driving in his lane he notices a car coming towards the bus from the wrong direction in high speed. In a split second, the driver steers the bus to the right to avoid a head-on collision with the Toyota Hilux pickup truck.

The passengers can be looking ahead with shock and surprise as the bus driver heaves a sigh of relief for avoiding what he seems to know could have been a bad crash.

i'm not religious but thank god for this bus driver. pic.twitter.com/qo6ZzLY882

¡ª Dan Mace (@Dannmace) June 23, 2020

The bus was reportedly travelling on the BR-330 road connecting Jita¨²na and Jequi¨¦ near Salvador on the east coast when it narrowly avoided the Toyota Hilux pickup truck.

Last year, the presence of mind of a 10-year-old boy in Karnataka helped avoid an accident. His father had a cardiac arrest while driving the vehicle.

Shivakumar was delivering pressure cookers manufactured from an industrial estate to a shop at Huliyaru, Karnataka. But after a long 97-km drive, Shivakumar suddenly suffered a cardiac arrest close to his destination and lost consciousness while still at the wheel.

His son Puneerth who was with him in the vehicle did not understand what had happened but showed quick presence of mind, thus preventing an accident.

Also read: Speeding Toyota Fortuner Hits Obstacle, Flies In The Air And Crashes On Two Cars

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Despite the boy's heroic effort, his father passed away while he was seated alongside him. However, if it was not for his presence of mind, he might have lost his life too.