A few days back I had to go to Lahore. I reached the bus-stand
and boarded a bus. After a little while the bus and we were on
our way go to Lahore.
Some ten miles from Lahore our driver was overtaking another
Bus. Suddenly a tonga appeared in front. It had come from a by-path
and Was crossing the main road. The tonga driver tried to stop the horse but
he could not. Our driver cursed aloud in a shrieking voice. The
passengers were alerted.
It would have been a head-on collision with the tonga but our
driver did not Iose his wit. He turned the steering wheel to the right
and applied the brakes. The bus went off the road and struck against a
tree. There was a great hue and cry among the passengers--some
had been hurt. One of them received serious injuries and fell
unconscious. I was luckily unhurt. We were fortunate as the bus had not
over-turned.
The other bus had stopped. Its passengers ran to our bus and
helped us come out of it. The man who had received serious injuries was
given First Aid. Then he was taken to Lahore.
Our driver, too, had received some injuries but not of serious
nature. Most of us were unhurt. We tended the persons who had
received minor injuries, but there was nothing to worry about them.
After some time a police party arrived there. The incharge of
the party took statements of the driver and some of the passengers. In
the meantime, a bus of the same company arrived from Lahore. We
boarded that bus and reached Lahore.
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