Mangaluru: Thirteen students and a school bus driver sustained minor injuries after a tourist mini-bus rammed into a stationary school bus near Kolnad in Mulki on Friday afternoon.
The accident occurred around 3.40 pm near Sundaram Shetty Auditorium at Kolnad, according to the police.
Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said the driver of a Bengaluru-based SRS tourist mini-bus, identified as Devaraj, was travelling from Mulki towards Mangaluru when the vehicle allegedly crashed into the rear of a school bus parked by the roadside.
School bus falls into roadside drain
The impact of the collision forced the school bus off the road and into a roadside drain. Thirteen students travelling in the school bus and its driver, Devadas, sustained minor injuries in the accident.
The injured were shifted to Srinivas Hospital in Mukka for treatment. No further details about their condition were immediately available.
Police register case
Following the accident, the Mangaluru North Traffic Police registered a case under Sections 281 and 125(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Section 281 deals with rash driving or riding on a public way, while Section 125(a) concerns acts that endanger personal safety and cause hurt.
The police have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collision.