25 passengers safe after sleeper bus hits tree due to potholes in Fatehabad

September 6, 2025

Fatehabad, Sep 6: On Fatehabad’s Hanspur Road, a private sleeper bus coming from Jaipur went off the road and collided with a tree. The bus got damaged due to this. However, 25 passengers in the bus had a narrow escape. The accident happened due to potholes caused by the broken road. Later, with the help of nearby people, the passengers were taken out of the bus and sent to their destination in another bus. The bus was going from Jaipur to Amritsar.

According to the information, driver Billu and conductor Rajesh Kumar of Neeraj Travels’ private AC sleeper bus left for Amritsar from Jaipur on Friday evening with passengers. It crossed Fatehabad city at around 3 am and left for Amritsar via Hanspur Road. About half a kilometer before village Bahbalpur, the bus went out of control in the dark due to potholes on the road.

The uncontrolled bus went off the road and collided with a tree in a paddy field. The front portion of the bus was badly damaged. Driver Billu and his assistant Rajesh Kumar were in the front portion of the bus while the passengers were sitting on the seats in the rear portion. The driver, his assistant and the passengers all escaped unhurt.

Passengers were sent to Amritsar by another bus

The driver’s colleague Rajesh Kumar said that after this accident, the passengers were sent to Amritsar by another bus. He has stayed here waiting for the employees of the insurance company to arrive. After this, the bus will be pulled out of the field by calling a crane and sent for repairs.

The bus runs daily

Conductor Rajesh Kumar told that his firm operates a daily flight from Jaipur to Amritsar. It is a night service only. It leaves from Jaipur in the evening and reaches Amritsar around 8 am the next day. Then in the evening it brings passengers from Amritsar to Jaipur.

The road was built some time ago

Ramesh Kumar, Sukhdev Singh, Mahendra Singh etc., residents of village Bahbalpur, said that this road was built some time ago. But potholes have already appeared on this new road. Accidents are happening continuously due to these potholes. A truck was also damaged recently. Information