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26 passengers injured after KSRTC bus rams into metro pillar in Bengaluru

Potholes being filled by BBMP after the KSRTC bus hit a Namma Metro pillar on Mysuru Road, in Bengaluru on May 9, 2022. (Source: MURALI KUMAR K)

Twenty six passengers suffered injuries after a Karnataka State Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus rammed into a metro pillar on Mysuru Road. Among the injured, five passengers sustained severe injuries. The incident happened at around 1.30 a.m on Monday near Bangalore University gate. The bus (KA 09 F 5230) was coming from Mysuru. 

While the passengers in the bus blamed reckless driving for the accident, one of the bus crew members said that the accident happened while negotiating a pothole. The stretch of Mysuru Road where the accident happened had a lot of potholes, which were filled up by the civic body later in the day.

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