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Bantwal: KSRTC Buses Collide - One Dead, Several Injured

  •   Fri, Jun 22 2012 08:41:57 PM

Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal
Pics: Swaraj Melkar

Bantwal, Jun 22: A person lost his life when two KSRTC buses rammed into each other on NH 76 at Kudrebettu near Kalladka here on Friday June 22.

The deceased has been identified as Govindraju (30), a native of Madikeri. Close to twenty persons were injured, of which three are said to be critical.

Govindraju was rushed to a hospital but was pronounced brought dead. He was employed in KSRTC bus depot in Mangalore.

The accident occured when a KSRTC bus from Madikeri to Mangalore collided into another KSRTC bus plying from Mangalore to Puttur collided head-on. It is said that the drivers were speeding, and that the roads were also slippery due to rains.

Over 15 persons have been admitted to hospitals in Mangalore and Bantwal.

Bantwal town police have registered a case.
  

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  • John Tauro, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 23 2012

    Lobo, Mangalore, it's no use blaming KSRTC or Private buses for the accidents. These illiterate or semi-literate drivers are always rash in both the sectors and they do not seem have learned from the past tragedies, at least 90 % of which are due to their negligence or overspeeding.

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  • Allen, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 23 2012

    oh so you mean to say since many two wheeler accidents and car accidents happen daily in mangalore, you want them to be banned in the city too...what part of your brain do you use????

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  • Lobo, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 23 2012

    Now where are all the people who wanted KSRTC buses within the city limits in Mangalore?Why nobody is commenting on this article?

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  • Kumar, Kaup/Bengaluru

    Sat, Jun 23 2012

    Yesterday I drove from Bangalore to Udupi. The way they drive is horrible. The buses do not have pick up still they overtake despite opposite vehicle's presence. I had to either stop or slip down the road to avoid them. This can 't be done from Sakaleshpur to Mangalore since slipping down the road ends up in a valley. Put headlights and overtake. Horrible drivers. Think that the ordinary buses as VOLVOs.

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  • N. Frank, India/Ksa

    Sat, Jun 23 2012

    Looking at the pictures of the damaged bus, it appears, that the side impact bars, which protect the passengers during collission, and are very much a part of the saftety systems of a vehicle are missing.

    If safety was given more importance, while building the body of the bus, ONE LIFE would have been saved.

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