Driver brings bus to a halt before dying of cardiac arrest in Vellore
A 59-year-old bus driver named K. Venkatesan from Katpadi died of cardiac arrest on Thursday after safely bringing his bus to a halt by the roadside near Gudiyatham town. Transporting around 25 passengers from Pernambut to Salem via the bypass road, Venkatesan experienced severe chest pain mid-journey. Police report that he managed to stop the bus before collapsing on the steering wheel.
Upon finding him unconscious, fellow commuters rushed to assist and transported him to the Government Taluk Hospital in Gudiyatham. Doctors later declared him dead. An investigation is currently underway to determine the exact cause of his sudden death.
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