Ramanagara (Karnataka), Aug 8 (IANS) Two people were killed and several others injured after a KSRTC bus travelling from Kerala to Bengaluru lost control and crashed into a large signboard on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway near Avaragere Gate in Ramanagara taluk on Saturday. The situation of four travellers remains critical and they are being treated at a hospital.
The accident occurred within the limits of Bidadi police station. According to preliminary information, the bus was travelling towards Bengaluru when the driver lost control of the vehicle. The bus rammed into a large directional signboard installed beside the highway and overturned on the road due to the impact.
Two passengers died on the spot, while several others sustained injuries, including both minor and serious injuries. The injured were immediately shifted to nearby hospitals, where they are undergoing treatment. The deceased are identified as bus driver Mithilesh and conductor Arun, according to preliminary investigation.
About 20 travellers are injured in the incident. The police have stated that the driver has lost control during rain and smashed into a large roadside signboard structure and overturned. Due to the impact, the signboard also collapsed.
Following the accident, traffic movement on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway was severely affected, with vehicles piling up on the stretch. Police and emergency personnel rushed to the spot and initiated measures to clear the overturned bus and restore normal traffic movement.
Personnel from the Bidadi police station and the Fire and Emergency Services Department reached the accident site soon after receiving information about the incident.
The exact circumstances that led to the driver losing control of the bus are yet to be ascertained. Bidadi police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the accident.
The bus was travelling from Kozhikode in Kerala to Bengaluru. Luckily, no other vehicles were close to the bus at the time of the accident. More details are yet to emerge regarding the incident.
It can be recalled that four passengers were killed and several others injured in an accident on the Bengaluru–Mysuru Expressway in Karnataka’s Ramanagara district in the early hours of March 23 after a bus crashed into a roadside fence.
–IANS
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