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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)
Mangalore, May 25: A woman who was travelling with her five-year-old daughter in a bus was injured after she and her child were suddenly thrown out of the bus near RTO circle here on Friday May 25.
Savitha Acharya along with her daughter Samiksha (5) was on her way to the city from Derlakatte in a private bus 'Vishmitha' (KA 19 D 3167) plying between State Bank and Toudugoli.
She was seated on the 4th seat behind the driver, which is a reserved seat for ladies, and her daughter was on her lap.
As the bus reached RTO at 10.30 am and was turning the RTO circle, all of a sudden, the woman and the child were thrown out of the bus. She fell to the ground and sustained injuries on her head, hand and shoulder. Luckily, her daughter escaped unhurt.
It was a shocking incident especially as her seat was quite far from the door. The bus staff said that she fell like a dive, with the head hitting the ground first. She was admitted to Wenlock hospital immediately and later shifted to Tejaswini Hospital.
She then managed to call her husband and later a complaint was filed with the Kadri traffic police, who in turn took the bus into custody.