Bus Drivers Ensures Passengers Are Safe Despite Suffering A Heart Attack While Driving

A bus driver, named Nawaz Beg, suffered a heart attack while driving, and despite the situation, ensured all the passengers were safe.

By Rajkamal

This is a story right out of the books of bravery — a bus driver ensured all the passengers aboard were safe despite suffering a heart attack while driving.

Bus Drivers Ensures Passengers Are Safe Despite Suffering A Heart Attack While Driving

Nawaz Beg was driving a bus from Dungarpur to Ratlam when he felt a sharp pain in his chest. The incident took place at around 11:30 a.m. when the road was busy. The driver kept his wits and parked the bus on the side of the road, ensuring all 40 passengers, most of them children, were safe.

Bus Drivers Ensures Passengers Are Safe Despite Suffering A Heart Attack While Driving

As soon as Nawaz parked the bus, the conductor and one of the passengers rushed him to the hospital in a rickshaw. Nawas, a father of four, is out of danger but is being treated in the government hospital in Banswara.

Bus Drivers Ensures Passengers Are Safe Despite Suffering A Heart Attack While Driving

Nawaz does not have a history of heart problems but wants to go to Ahmedabad for further consultation. Nawaz told Hindustan Times, "I have donated blood 38 times. It is possible that someone's prayers saved my life."

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Article Published On: Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 17:45 [IST]
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