Horrifying moment coach carrying wedding party crashes & tips over as driver desperately swerves to avoid scooter

THIS is the horrifying moment a coach carrying a wedding party crashes and narrowly avoids wiping out a scooter at a petrol station. Dramatic CCTV footage captures the moment the private tourist coach suddenly veers off the road in Kerala, India before smashing onto its side. The passenger coach dramatically veers off the road Credit: News X The coach crashed into a petrol station and overturned The smash happened at around 10.30am on Wednesday as the coach was carrying around 35 members of a wedding party. Shock footage shows a scooter cutting across the coach’s path, prompting the driver to brake hard and swerve sharply to the right. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The coach then leaves the road, ploughs into a structure at the petrol station and tips onto its side. It narrowly misses the fuel pumps, a car stopped at the station and two other two-wheelers before coming to a dramatic halt. Emergency services rushed to the scene to help the victims Credit: News X Those who were injured were rushed to a nearby hospital Credit: News X More than 20 passengers were injured in the terrifying crash, with some reportedly knocked unconscious. Residents rushed to the scene and helped pull passengers from inside the overturned vehicle before emergency crews arrived. Those injured were taken to private hospitals in nearby Koothattukulam, while police and fire and rescue teams joined the response. Police reportedly said none of the injuries appeared to be serious. Most read in The Sun The driver is understood to have swerved after the scooter allegedly turned across the coach’s path without signalling. It comes after five people were killed when a bus ploughed into a crowd gathered to watch an orchestra performance. The horror unfolded at around 10.45pm on August 21 in Lauriya, in northern India’s Bihar state. The bus was reportedly travelling at high speed when its driver lost control while attempting to avoid a head-on collision with a truck. Instead, the vehicle careered into the crowd lining the roadside to watch the concert. Police said the driver then fled the scene after mowing down the spectators. The huge gathering had spilled onto the road in Bihar’s West Champaran district to watch the performance, which had been organised as part of a ceremony celebrating the birth of a baby in the village. Two people were killed at the scene, while three others later died in hospital. Police identified the victims as Sanjay Mahto, Bhola Dubey, Bahadur Mahto, Devendra Dubey and Changur Ram. Five other people remain in hospital following the crash. Comment now