Two dead, 8 injured as pvt bus meets with accident in Vijayanagar; KSRTC bus falls into ditch in Belagavi

BALLARI, BELAVAGI: Two people were killed and eight others were injured after a private bus overturned while trying to overtake a lorry on National Highway-50 near Bistahalli in Kudligi taluk of Vijayanagar district in the wee hours on Tuesday.

The deceased were identified as Manoj (280 and Suresh Janadri (45). The injured were shifted to a hospital in Kudligi. The bus was on its way from Mudagal to Bengaluru when the accident occurred.

Vijayanagara Police Superintendent S Jahnavi, Deputy SP Mallesh Doddmani and other senior police officers visited the spot. A case has been registered at the Kanahosalli police station.

In another incident, a KSRTC bus fell into a roadside ditch at Kuvempunagar in Belagavi, a few hundred metres from minister Laxmi Hebbalkar’s house, after the driver lost control.

Locals rescued the passengers and the bus conductor who were stuck inside. Luckily, there was no loss of life and those travelling in the bus suffered minor injuries. The bus was on its way from the city bus stand to Sahyadri Nagar when the accident occurred.