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Nearly 30 schoolchildren in Vijayawada narrowly escaped a major accident after their bus driver suffered a heart attack mid-journey, causing the vehicle to hit a two-wheeler.
School bus accident in Vijayawada (Video screengrabs/Social Media)
Nearly 30 students on a school bus escaped a major accident after the driver of the vehicle suffered a heart attack while on the wheels.
The incident happened in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada, while the school bus was travelling from Ramavarapadu to Gunadala.
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The bus hit a two-wheeler and a divider on the road.
Soon after the accident, the traffic police and locals present on the spot performed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on the driver and rushed him to a hospital.
He was under treatment.
A video of the accident showed the driver lying down on the bus, while others were assisting with CPR.
The two-wheeler rider and the pillion rider were injured in the accident, the video showed.
(News18 did not share the video because of its graphic content).
In a separate incident, at least 20 to 25 passengers were injured after a Rajasthan Roadways bus overturned near Taran village on the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur road in Tonk on Tuesday.
Sadar Police Officer Jaymal Singh told news agency ANI that the bus was travelling from Sawai Madhopur to Jaipur when the accident occurred.
The exact cause of the accident was yet to be ascertained.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
September 23, 2025, 13:39 IST
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