Eight dead in Karnataka bus mishap, two critical

Hassan, Karnataka: Eight people drowned when a Karnataka State Road Transport  Corporation bus plunged into Vishnusamudra lake at Belur today, with police and locals rescuing 40 passengers.

Eleven passengers were admitted to a local hospital where two were stated to be critical, police said.

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The bus proceeding from Sakleshpur to Belur had several students on board, police said. There were reports that the bus was carrying 50-60 passengers.




Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy said according to his information the bus had about 50 passengers.

Eight bodies have been pulled out of the lake, where the water storage level was low and the silt had accumulated, they said, adding fire brigade, police and local fishermen, were engaged in relief operations.

Reddy said there were two versions about the cause of the accident — one that the bus tried to avoid an oncoming vehicle and skidded off the road and the other that the axle got snapped.

He said the driver and conductor survived the mishap.

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