BAREILLY: The pubic hazard in the city took a turn foolish turn on Monday evening, when a monkey got inside a parked bus, turned on the motor and took off. The driver at last figured out how to get it under control; however, not before the vehicle had hit two different buses parked nearby.

The funny scene turn of events started when the conductor of an Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) transport from Pilibhit left the vehicle at the old roadways station to search for travellers. With 30 minutes to go for takeoff, the driver chose to take a quick snooze.

While the driver leaned back on the last row, a monkey out of nowhere showed up and moved inside the driver’s cabin and figured out how to turn over the motor with the start key that was still in its place. The driver, wakened, surged towards the cabin and attempted to chase the monkey away. Be that as it may, the terrified monkey incidentally changed the gear to the subsequent level before leaping out of the transport.

Travellers were seeing the pilotless vehicle moving in their direction ran for cover. At the same time, the staff on duty at the control room close by couldn’t discover the cause for the unsettling disturbance, as indicated by UPSRTC territorial director SK Sharma. “The driver figured out how to recapture control of the bus however not before it hit two other buses,” said Sharma.

“Monkeys have become a common hazard at transport stations and workshops, where they frequently mess with vehicles undergoing maintenance. They have likewise wrecked CCTV cameras at stations. Three years back we had taken the assistance of civil specialists to dispose of them however they have returned,” Sharma included.

The supervisor told that UPSRTC is holding a conversation with city specialists to demand the administrations of an organization to catch the monkeys from around the bus stop and move them somewhere else.