The roadways bus was coming from Mussoorie to Dehradun, when the brake failed, the driver hit the hill and
Mussoorie. The brakes of the roadways bus coming from Mussoorie to Dehradun failed. The driver’s foresight saved the lives of 40 passengers. The driver rammed the bus off the hill.
It left for Dehradun from Mussoorie’s library bus stand at around 4 pm on Wednesday. The bus had reached about 400 meters ahead when its brakes failed.
Driver Dheeraj Muni Shah deliberately rammed the bus onto the approach road leading to Padmini Niwas Hotel and rammed it into the hill. Due to which the bus stopped and the lives of all the passengers were saved.
According to eyewitnesses, these days are the tourist season. Due to which there is a lot of pressure on the highway. Had the bus not hit the hill, many vehicles running on the highway could have been hit by the bus. On the other hand, if the bus had overturned outside the road, there could have been loss of life and property.
Driver Dheeraj Muni Shah told that the brake pressure of the bus was leaking. As soon as he applied the brakes, the pedal went down. On this, he rammed the bus on the approach road and hit the hill. All passengers are safe. He was sent to Dehradun in another bus. Vicky, a tourist from Ludhiana (Punjab), who was traveling in the bus, said that if the driver had not rammed the bus into the hill, hardly anyone could have survived
