Over 50 people were injured when a tourist bus collided with a KSRTC bus near Madathara Junction in the Chithara police station limits around 7 p.m. on Monday.
According to the police, the KSRTC bus heading from Thiruvananthapuram to Kulathupuzha collided with a tourist bus coming from the opposite direction at a turning on the Madathara-Kulathupuzha road.
The driver of the KSRTC bus sustained serious injuries in the collision. Forty-two people were admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, while 15 persons with minor injuries were admitted to the Kadakkal Taluk Hospital.