<p class="bodytext">More than 50 passengers of a private bus sustained injuries after the bus toppled into a paddy field near Ullenahalli on the Hassan-Madikeri road, here, on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident brings back horrific memories of the<br />tragedy in which 30 lives were snuffed out after a private<br />bus plunged into Visvesvaraya Canal in Karaganamaradi of Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district, on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The private bus ‘Swamy’, carrying 55 passengers, was bound for Athni in Arakalgud taluk from Herur, near<br />Harangi, in Kodagu district for a marriage reception.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The bus toppled leaving the passengers injured.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to sources, six persons sustained severe<br />injuries while the condition of a woman is said to be serious.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to sources present at the spot, the driver lost control of the<br />vehicle in a bid to avoid a motorcycle hitting the bus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A few local people, who noticed the toppled bus, rushed to the spot and rescued the passengers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The injured were shifted to the taluk and district<br />hospitals, sources said.</p>
<p class="bodytext">More than 50 passengers of a private bus sustained injuries after the bus toppled into a paddy field near Ullenahalli on the Hassan-Madikeri road, here, on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident brings back horrific memories of the<br />tragedy in which 30 lives were snuffed out after a private<br />bus plunged into Visvesvaraya Canal in Karaganamaradi of Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district, on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The private bus ‘Swamy’, carrying 55 passengers, was bound for Athni in Arakalgud taluk from Herur, near<br />Harangi, in Kodagu district for a marriage reception.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The bus toppled leaving the passengers injured.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to sources, six persons sustained severe<br />injuries while the condition of a woman is said to be serious.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to sources present at the spot, the driver lost control of the<br />vehicle in a bid to avoid a motorcycle hitting the bus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A few local people, who noticed the toppled bus, rushed to the spot and rescued the passengers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The injured were shifted to the taluk and district<br />hospitals, sources said.</p>