people who frequently travel by bus between bengaluru and kerala remembered vd girish and vr baiju the kerala driver and conductor of the illfated bus as polite and helpful staff who went the extra mile to make passengers comfortablegirish and baiju in fact had such a rapport with their passengers that many viewed them as travel companions both were killed in thursdays accidentthey were very wellliked many passengers know them personally and are shocked by what has happened said vm shaji the bengaluru incharge of kerala state road transport corporation ksrtcarun mohanan who often uses ksrtcs bus services said the two men would be badly missed i travelled in their bus so many times they were always polite and cooperative i cant believe what has happened he saidone incident thats often discussed is how girish and baiju helped a female passenger who suffered an epileptic seizure aboard a bengalurubound ksrtc bus on june 3 2018 the passenger dr kavitha warrier had boarded the bus from thrissur kerala and her health worsened near hosur the bus crew immediately changed course and took her to a private hospital near hosur the staff there insisted that an advance be paid for the treatment and that someone should stay back to be at kavitas side baiju volunteered while girish drove the bus to bengaluru with other passengers kavitas relatives reached the hospital laterkavitha who hails from arimpoor near thrissur said on thursday the two ksrtc staffers behaved like her parents when she was distressed they departed before i could convey my gratitude to them she said shaji said ksrtc chairman and managing director feted girish and baiju for their efforts the two were also involved in the initiative to send relief material from bengaluru to kerala which was devasted by floods he saidbengaluru is home to a large malayali population and many looking to visit their native places find it hard to get train tickets ksrtc bus services are their default travel optionthere was a huge rush on wednesday and thursday because of the extended weekend on account of maha shivaratri shaji said the bus was earlier scheduled to leave bengaluru on tuesday night