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A woman in Tamil Nadu had a very lucky escape recently. The floor of the bus she was travelling in gave way and she fell out under the vehicle as it travelled along the road. Luckily the bus was not travelling fast and vehicles driving behind were also able to brake. She was not seriously injured in the incident and an investigation is being held into the vehicle condition. Meanwhile in China, a woman bus passenger leapt out from a window when she missed her stop. The woman jumped in front of other traffic
January 19, 2016 Read time: 1 min
A woman in Tamil Nadu had a very lucky escape recently. The floor of the bus she was travelling in gave way and she fell out under the vehicle as it travelled along the road. Luckily the bus was not travelling fast and vehicles driving behind were also able to brake. She was not seriously injured in the incident and an investigation is being held into the vehicle condition. Meanwhile in China, a woman bus passenger leapt out from a window when she missed her stop. The woman jumped in front of other traffic but was lucky to escape without serious injury. She is likely to be more careful in future.

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