18 from Belagavi School injured in Mysuru accident
Mysuru: As many as 18 people including 16 students, who had come on a tour from Belagavi district, suffered injuries after a North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) bus they were travelling in, overturned near Fountain Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road in city on Tuesday night.
Those injured are being treated at Avant BKG Hospitals near Bogadi Outer-Ring Road (ORR) Junction and some among them have been discharged and shifted to the hotel, where they are accommodated, it is learnt.
The accident occurred as the bus driver reportedly lost control over the steering and rammed into the road divider, while proceeding towards LIC Divisional Office Circle from Fountain Circle. A wheel of the bus drove over the road divider and hit the light pole installed on the median, before tilting aside, it is said.
Those injured were the students of Shantiniketan Public School, Khanapur in Belagavi. Fortunately, they escaped with minor injuries, as no other vehicles were passing through when the accident took place, according to an eyewitness account.
The students had come on an excursion in two buses on Monday night. On Tuesday morning, they visited tourist spots here and were returning to a hotel in Bannimantap, where they had been put up, when the accident occurred at around 7.30 pm.
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