A Netiv Express bus filled with Chareidi girls and teachers in Tzfat that was parked on the side of the road began to move and almost plunged down a cliff. At the very last minute, the driver jumped back on the bus and applied the brakes, averting a mass tragedy.
A video of the incident, which apparently occurred two weeks ago but was only publicized on Tuesday, shows the bus beginning to move. As passerby outside flee out of the bus’s path, the driver notices what is going on, runs onto the bus and stops it a minute before it would have plunged down the mountain.
The incident happened after the bus driver stopped the bus on the side of the road momentarily for unknown reasons.
After the bus driver stopped the bus, all the teachers and girls burst out crying and it took a long time before they could be calmed down.
“It was an unbelievable miracle, they were saved at the last moment,” a witness of the incident told B’Chadrei Chareidim. “We were sure that the bus would fall together with the girls. The great miracle was no one passed by on the sidewalk, which would have surely led to causalties, r’l.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Baruch Hashem everyone is safe!
A few lessons in safety:
1 when parked on a hill always have your wheels turn sideways.
2 always apply emergency parking brakes when parked.
3 quick thinking can help avert tragedy, the driver acted quickly to press the brakes, but what people on the bus themselves shouldn’t hesitate to jump into the driver’s seat and press the brakes themself.
4 we need to ask Hashem to save us from unexpected tragedies.
Key thing to note is how the driver did not panic, and made pauses on order to asses what needed to be done. I doubt most ppl (myself included) would be able to remain calm in a situation like this.
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Yes, a miracle but if my guess is right, the gear and parking brake were not set securely. If so, the driver should never drive a commercial vehicle again. Let him find a new occupation where inattention will not endanger others.
Wonder of wonders, miracles of miracles…