West Bengal bus topples on slope near Bandipur in Chamarajnagar, 25 passengers injured
Chamarajnagar: Twenty-five tourists from West Bengal were injured as the bus that they were traveling in overturned at the Melukamanahalli slope near Bandipur in Gundlupet taluk on Tuesday night, although there are no fatalities.
The 65 tourists in the bus, after a visit to pilgrimage centres in Tamil Nadu, were traveling to Karnataka through the Bandipur road in Chamarajnagar district, when the brakes of the bus failed on the slope, resulting in the accident, said police officers.
Most of the passengers in the bus are senior citizens, but all the 25 injured passengers are out of danger. The tourists who sustained injuries in the accident are being treated at the Gundlupet Government Hospital, the police officers added.
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Two killed as bus hits motorbike
Thane (PTI): Two young men were killed and another was seriously injured when a speeding bus rammed into their motorcycle in Mumbra area of the city on Tuesday evening, police said.
The victims, all residents of Thakur Pada, were riding from Roshni Mahel toward Y Junction.
"The motorcycle was hit from behind by a bus driven by Mustafa Hussain Sheikh (58). The two-wheeler got dragged under the front wheel of the bus," said a traffic police official.
Sangam Rajesh Pulshare (21) and Avinash Ramdas Davande (19) died while Mahesh Bhagwan Vare (18) sustained serious injuries.
The bus driver was detained and a case was being registered at the Mumbra police station, said the official.
