Karkala : Nitte College Bus Turtles Near Belman - 22 Injured

Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala

Karkala, Oct 15: A college bus of NMAM Institute of Technology-Nitte, Karkala carrying students from the college to Mangalore turned turtled near Neechal, Belman here on Monday October 15.

As many as 22 students and a staff were reportedly injured.

They have been taken to private hospital in Karkala.

According to the eye witnesses, two students are critical, and others have escaped with minor injuries.

The incident happened around 5.30 pm.

Speaking to Daijiworld, a student who was in another bus and was eyewitness to the incident said that most of the buses belonging to the College are in poor condition. This bus was serviced last week but nothing much had changed in its condition, he said.

The driver of the bus cited break failure as cause for accident, he said.

The injured students had to be resuced by breaking the windows.

Though the ambulance was called, it arrived late, and by then two vehicles had already ferried some of the injured to hospital. The rest were taken by the ambulance.