Lucky escape for passengers as bus hangs dangerously over drop

HASSAN: Over 50 passengers of a KSRTC bus had a providential escape after it went off the road and hung precariously from the edge of a deep drop near Mankanahalli in Sakleshpur taluk on Saturday morning.

The drop where the bus could have fallen into.

The was on its was to Sakleshpur from Hongadahalli went the driver lost control while trying to give way to a vehicle coming from the opposite direction. As the bus was speeding, it careened off the road and came to a halt with half of the vehicle hanging over a drop.

The passengers had a lucky escape and were rescued by locals. The incident occurred in Yeslur police limits.