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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (NM)
Mangalore, Apr 24: Several persons including five women and a child were injured in an accident between a college bus and a mini bus near Mangalajyoti, Vamanjoor here on Thursday April 24 evening.
The accident took place when the mini bus carrying a wedding party rammed head-on into a bus belonging to Srinivas Institute of Technology at a turning.
The mini bus, with mostly women and children, was plying towards Thokkottu while the college bus was moving towards Vamanjoor.
Eyewitnesses said that the mini bus was on the wrong side of the road.
As a result of the accident, five women and a child who were in the mini bus were seriously injured. They were shifted to AJ Hospital. Apart from them, several others sustained minor injuries, sources said.
The driver of the mini bus has been identified as Haneef of Ranipura. He too was injured.
An auto rickshaw also rammed into the mini bus from the rear end and was damaged, it is said.
The impact of the accident was such that the front portions of both the vehicles were badly damaged and seats and window panes broken.
Mangalore rural police arrived at the spot.
Traffic was affected for sometime due to the accident.