Last week, I witnessed a fearful bus accident on the way to Pokhara while I was going there to meet my friend by bus. As we started our journey to Pokhara, the weather seemed to be fine in the morning. But in the afternoon, the sky was overcast. Soon there was a hailstorm. The hailstorm and downpour resulted landslides in many places. Now I’m going to describe one of the accidents.
The vehicles were being driven very slowly because of downpour and landslide in many places. The road had been slippery due to the thick mud flowing along the road. Driving seemed to be really dangerous. While we were moving ahead, our bus stopped accidentally. We got off from the bus and saw a long queue of the vehicles. After a few minutes, we were informed that a passenger bus had met with accident while claimed 32 lives. I hurried to the spot and witnessed the heart breaking scene of the accident. I happened to witness a terrible pool of blood on the spot. I couldn’t control myself bearing the scene. Four of the passengers who were badly injured were taken to nearby hospitals by the police. Fortunately, four of the passengers were unharmed.
The bus fell about 200 feet below the road and got completely damaged. The main causes of the accident were carelessness of the driver and the condition of road itself. The road has innumerable bends in the hill side. The driver had to be entirely careful in his driving. According to the unharmed passengers, he was driving the bus at a dangerous speed. I hadn’t seen such a terrible accident in my life before. The accident taught us a lesson that we should be very careful about our driving along the risky road during rainy season.
