A ROAD ACCIDENT
A ROAD ACCIDENTA few days back I had to go to Lahore. I reached the bus-stand and boarded1 a bus. After a little while the bus started and we were on our way to Lahore.
It was a new bus with good, cushioned seats. It was packed to capacity. There was not much traffic on the road The driver was going a bit fast; we were covering the distance speedily.
We were some twenty miles from our destination, when we met with an accident. Our driver was overtaking another bus when suddenly a tonga appeared in front. It had come from a by-path4 and was crossing the main road The tonga driver tried to stop the horse fait he c'ould not. Our driver cursed''aloud in a shrieking voice. We held our breath and waited.
It would have been a head-on collision with the tonga but ourdriver did not lose his wits'. He turned the steering wheel to the light and applied the brakes.
The bus went off the road and stnick against a tree. There was a great hue and cry among the passengers. Some of them were hurt One of them received serious injuries and fell unconscious? luckily escaped with some bruises 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 laid on the ground. The driver of the other bus opened his fust aid box and bandaged his wounds. Then he, along with others, lifLd the man, put him in the bus and rushed to Lahore for medical aid.
Our driver, too, had received some injuries but not of serious nature Most of us were unhurt. We also gave first aid to those w ho had received minor injuries, but there was nothing to worry about them.
Alter some time a police party arrived there. The incharge of the party took statements of the driver and some ofThe passengers. He also drew' a map of the and completed other fotiiiajities'
In the meaiunriu. a bus had arrived from Lahore We boarded that bus and reached Lahore. :
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