Belthangady : Over 18 passengers injured in collision between 2 buses

Belthangady : Over 18 passengers injured in collision between 2 buses

Mangalore Today News Network

Belthangady, Aug 29, 2013 : Over 18 passengers were injured in a head on collision between two private buses at Kutlur near Naravi on August 28, Wednesday evening. Some of the passengers have sustained serious injuries and have been admitted to different hospitals.

If one bus was proceeding towards Karkala from Belthangady, another bus was heading towards Belthangady. Though the driver of the Karkala bound bus   applied a sudden  brake, he could not avert  a mishap.

 Most of the passengers in the bus were college students.  Traffic on the route was disrupted for over half an hour due to the accident. A case has been registered against the drivers of one of the bus. He too has sustained serious injuries in the mishap.