Kollam: Over 40 passengers were injured when a KSRTC ordinary bus turned turtle at Cheelanthimukku near Neendakara here on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred by 11 a.m. when the Kollam- bound Pathanamthitta bus took a sharp turn to avoid collision with an autorickshaw that came in the opposite direction on the National Highway. The seriously injured were admitted to the Thiruvananthapuram MCH. They included Indiramma (58) and Radhamani (40) of Arinalloor, Manu (29), Rathnakaran (63), Rajan Pillai (52) of Chavara, Sreekumar (22) of Chakkuvalli, Sahadevan (51) of Panmana and Shamsudeenkunju (45) of Thevallakkara. As many as 29 others were admitted to the Kollam district hospital. Several persons were injured when they were trapped inside the overturned bus. The traffic on the route was disrupted for an hour after the accident.
