Fatal bus collisions claim lives and injure passengers in separate incidents across Karnataka

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: On Saturday, a tragic collision between two Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC) buses near Madabhavi Cross resulted in the death of two women and injuries to 10 passengers.

The buses, one heading to Vijayapura from Sindagi and the other in the opposite direction, suffered severe front-end damage.

Sajeeda Begum Makanadar (36) from Donoora village and Rohini Panchal (31) from Vijayapura city lost their lives, while the injured were rushed to the district hospital.

The accident caused a traffic backlog of 2-3 km, with authorities working hard to clear the congestion.

In a separate incident on Friday night near Devapura in Surpur taluk, a private bus en route from Bidar to Bengaluru rolled 20 feet into a field, resulting in one fatality, Balu Kumar (36), and serious injuries to approximately 25 passengers.