KSRTC bus topples in Mandya as driver loses control; more than 35 passengers injured
Mandya: In an incident reported from the outskirts of Mandya city, more than 35 passengers in a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus were injured as the bus toppled on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway near the Sanjo Hospital on Monday morning.
The KSRTC bus was traveling from Tumakuru to Mysuru through Maddur in Mandya, when a goods transport vehicle came in the way of the bus near the Sanjo Hospital. The bus driver, in his attempt not to hit the vehicle, lost control over the bus, which toppled on the highway.
The locals rushed to rescue the passengers and got them out of the bus. The travelers are being treated at the Sanjo Hospital and the Mandya District Hospital.
While the bus carried more than 50 people, most of the passengers are reported to be school and college students.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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