Close shave for Mainliner bus

AN Intercape Mainliner bus travelling from Walvis Bay to Windhoek narrowly missed a collision with truck travelling in the opposite direction near Usakos on Monday.

According to Louis Kruger of Intercape in Windhoek, the incident took place about 30 km outside Usakos. The bus driver noticed a large furniture truck approaching in the wrong lane and flashed his lights to alert the truck driver, but to no avail.”The truck just carried on coming straight towards the bus,” Kruger said.There were about 30 passengers on the bus.Kruger said the bus driver was forced to pull off the road to avoid a head-on collision.The truck continued in the wrong lane and scraped the side of the bus, causing serious body damage, before coming to a standstill about a kilometre away.Fortunately, no one was injured.The Usakos Police were summoned to the scene, and according to Kruger the truck driver was taken in for questioning.Erongo Police spokesperson Detective Sergeant Julia Nujoma could not verify the details of the case at the time of going to press.Kruger said Intercape sent another bus to collect the passengers, whose trip was delayed by about four hours.The bus driver noticed a large furniture truck approaching in the wrong lane and flashed his lights to alert the truck driver, but to no avail.”The truck just carried on coming straight towards the bus,” Kruger said.There were about 30 passengers on the bus.Kruger said the bus driver was forced to pull off the road to avoid a head-on collision.The truck continued in the wrong lane and scraped the side of the bus, causing serious body damage, before coming to a standstill about a kilometre away.Fortunately, no one was injured.The Usakos Police were summoned to the scene, and according to Kruger the truck driver was taken in for questioning.Erongo Police spokesperson Detective Sergeant Julia Nujoma could not verify the details of the case at the time of going to press.Kruger said Intercape sent another bus to collect the passengers, whose trip was delayed by about four hours.