Mangalore: School driver takes out bus on joy ride, hits wall

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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)

Mangalore, Jan 25: In a bizarre incident, the driver of a city-based school took the bus on a joy ride around the city during school hours and met with an accident at Gorigudde.

The driver, whose identity is not known, reportedly took out the empty school bus at around 11.30 am and drove around the city. The conductor remained in the school.

Sources said that he drove via Valencia and when he reached Gorigudda, he hit the bus against a wall located near a school. He then began to take reverse and when people around began to shout, he stopped the bus and tried to escape.

Immediately, the public gathered and caught hold of him.

The school authorities were contacted and the driver was handed over to the principal who arrived at the spot.

The reason for the driver's action is yet to be ascertained. He was not inebriated but eyewitnesses said that he seemed mentally unstable. He even sat on a bike parked nearby, and at another instance undressed himself, said an eyewitness.

Luckily, no one was hurt in the incident. The locals however expressed fear that had the accident taken place a few minutes later when the nearby school left on recess, the tragedy would have been major.

The school authorities promised to provide medical attention to the driver and probe the incident.