"I had finished an assignment at Goa and was returning to my Mahim residence. Around 6.30pm on Monday, I boarded a private bus from Mapusa. At 10pm, we halted at a dhaba on the Goa-Maharashtra border for dinner. I noticed while there had been two drivers on our journey to Goa, there was only one driver on the return journey to Mumbai," said Soni. He remembers trying to catch some sleep as the bus sped, not even slowing down to negotiate potholes. "Around 3am, I remember a deafening sound. We landed at the bottom of a river bed, the bus turned turtle and everyone was squashed inside. We were stuck inside for 15 to 20 minutes, shouting for help," Soni said. "I crawled till I reached the driver's cabin. Along with two passengers, I broke open the cabin door and came out of what had been the front glass," said Soni. He paid an ambulance driver Rs 6,500 to bring him from Khed to Mahim, where relatives admitted him to a private nursing home.
Hope and a long wait
Relatives of Donna and Classy Ignatius were frantic with worry on Tuesday, unable to establish contact with them after the accident. Donna, 56, and Classy, 72, were travelling from Goa to their Goregaon residence . "We have been surfing television channels for news on the victims. Whenever we call up Khed police, officers say they are handling casualties and can't talk," said Donna's niece, Marcel. Donna and Classy were visiting Marcel in Colvale, Goa. Their children are married and stay separately. The couple boarded the vehicle at 7pm on Monday. "We have been praying for their safety and are considering going down to Khed," said Marcel. Police reports said the couple was seriously injured.
Miraculous escape
Brother-sister duo Jayaram and Sarika Sarmalkar survived by the skin of their teeth. Relatives said they were in the centre of the vehicle and suffered minor injuries . The Sarmalkars boarded the bus from their native place near Kudal and were headed to their Mumbai residence. "Jayaram, 25, lives in Malad with his 21-year-old sister and their parents. We rushed to Khed on learning about the mishap. We later took them to a hospital near our native place in Kudal," said their uncle, Gurunath.
Man loses wife six months after marriage
Allwyn and Philipa Fernandes had only been married for six months. The couple was visiting Philipa's parents at Goa. But Tuesday's bus accident at Khed crushed Allwyn's dreams as he lost his 25-year-old wife. "The villagers helped to extricate all the victims from the bus and I'm thankful to them. There's really nothing more for me to talk," said Allwyn, who suffered injuries on his head and legs. A resident of Santa Cruz in Mumbai, Allwyn returned to Thivim, where Philipa's parents stay, after her death.
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