I was driving to Nanthencode to attend to my office
at Devaswom Board Junction. As I entered the road in front of the Legislative
Assembly from the fly over, I saw a commotion ahead. The traffic was heavy. I
could not make out what was happening. I moved closer. I saw a badly damaged
motor bike down on the road. There was a hold up. The vehicles behind the
fallen bike stood still. There was a long line of vehicles in the two lanes. I
was on the third lane. I could move ahead as there was no obstruction except
broken pieces of glasses. A Police Officer in mufti signaled me to stop to
enable somebody to cross the road apparently to help the fallen rider of the
bike. I was allowed to proceed. I moved on. I could see parts of the bike
strewn on the road. I had to switch over to the first lane to proceed to
LMS Junction and Nathencode. As I changed the lane I saw a
KSRTC Venad City Bus parked close to the Hanuman Temple. The bus was full of
passengers. The driver was not in his enclosure. I presumed the bus must have
hit the bike as it had switched from lane one to lane three. I did not see any
blood on the road. It meant the rider was not injured fatally. There were two
watch and ward staff and a Gun holding Police Officer at the gate of the
Legislature Complex. I saw another traffic Police personnel running to the site
of the accident. There was no way I could stop there.
I was shocked by what I had seen.
I took the turn to Nathencode at Museum Junction. It
is always bumper to bumper traffic at that point. I saw a scooter rider
overtake my car at that curve and cutting across to stop at the gate of
Nilgiris on my left. I wondered why the person did not follow me and slowed
down where he wanted to stop.
I reached Nanthencode Junction. I had to circle the
round about to move on to my destination. As I was circling two bikes came from
YMR to proceed to Museum. The one on the right stopped to let me through. The
other did not and edged ahead. I slowed down to let him through. I was aghast
to find another bike, the rider did not wear the helmet and a young woman was
riding pillion, coming down from the opposite direction in the wrong track
instead of circling the round about. The bike that was edging ahead somehow was
stopped by the rider with inches to spare. Scared, I braked at once. The car
stopped inches behind the bike. A multiple collision was averted. The bike that
violated traffic regulations went happily on its way. I saw the young woman mumble sorry to
the startled rider.
I thanked God for
saving all of us from disaster.
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