Lorry driver not drunk, tried to avoid pothole, says DCP 'Chevella Bus Accident'

Investigations into the bus-lorry collision at Chevalla on Monday that claimed the lives of 19 people revealed that the lorry driver was not drunk at the time of the accident.

According to a media report, Rajendranagar DCP Yogesh Goutam has confirmed that there was no alcohol in the lorry driver’s bloodstream after the forensic report came in late



Tuesday.

Witness accounts, including bus conductor Radha and a few passengers, stated that the lorry, which was in the wrong lane, made no effort to avoid the collision.

Radha had also stated that Dastagiri’s (bus driver) quick thinking saved the lives of many others “He moved the bus to the left, and people on one side got saved. If he had gone straight, I would not have made it,” she said.