Bantwal, July 05, 2014: As many as 20 passengers of a private bus sustained minor scratch injuries when the bus landed in a drain after the driver lost control over the vehicle in his bid to avert collision with an oncoming tipper at Kuddupadavu on Friday July 4.
The mishap occurred when the bus was passing though the Kuddupadavu junction enroute Perla from Vittal. The ten wheeled tipper came in its way and the bus driver suddenly veered to the roadside when the tipper driver applied brake. The rear of the tipper brushed past the bus and the bus eventually landed in a drain.
The window panes of the bus were broken and the driver and the conductor were among those injured.