Forty-two injured as KSRTC bus overturns in Karnataka's Sagar
The bus hit a roadside parapet near Basavanahole Dam while travelling from Bengaluru to Sagar on Sunday morning.
Forty-two people, including the driver, suffered minor injuries after a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus overturned in Shivamogga district on Sunday morning, according to ANI.
The accident took place at approximately 4:30 am on the National Highway near Basavanahole Dam in Sagar taluk. The bus was en route from Bengaluru to Sagar when it collided with a roadside parapet and flipped over.
Police reported that all 42 passengers on board sustained minor injuries, though no one died in the incident. The vehicle was left completely mangled following the collision.
Officers from the Sagar Rural Police Station inspected the site of the accident.
In a separate incident in Maharashtra's Jalna, two people died after a container truck crashed through a flyover railing and landed on Ekta Dhaba. Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Anant Kulkarni said the two occupants of the truck died at the hospital after being rescued from the site.
Additionally, in the Chikalthana area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, three workers were rescued after a first-floor slab collapsed during construction on Friday. A search continues for another worker believed to be trapped under the debris.