ADOOR: By the time the conductor went to the urinal, the KSRTC bus had reached the next stand. The incident happened at Pathanamthitta the other day. The driver took the bus after one of the passengers rang the bell. The bus ran 18 km without the conductor.

The conductor of the KSRTC bus from Thiruvananthapuram to Moolamattom missed the bus. When the bus reached Kottarakkara stand, the conductor went to urinate. In the meanwhile, one of the passengers rang double bell. Hearing the bell, the driver took the bus. When the conductor returned, he found that the bus had already left the stand.

The conductor then passed the information to Kottarakkara depot. After receiving the notification, the vehicle halted at Adoor depot. The conductor then boarded another bus and reached Adoor. After waiting for 45 minutes, the KSRTC bus left to Moolamattom with the conductor.