Wedding Bus Overturns in Kerala, 35 people injured

A major disaster was closely averted in Kerala as a bus carrying a wedding party overturned while trying to avoid crashing into a scooter in Kerala’s Koothattukulam town of Ernakulam on Thursday morning. 

Over 35 persons, including the driver and passengers of the bus, the two wheeler rider escaped with minor injuries. CCTV videos emerged from the petrol pump near the accident site showing the bus, which was behind a scooter rider. 

The two-wheeler from the far left side of the road suddenly tried to take a perpendicular right turn seemingly without special awareness of the approaching tourist bus from



behind.

Meanwhile, sensing the sudden danger, the bus driver tried to drift the bus sideways to avoid rolling over the two wheeler rider. 

Though the bus driver was successful in moving away from the scooter, he lost control of the wheels and the bus crashed into the display poll of the petrol pump and overturned sideways. The locals joined hands in the rescue of the bus passengers and quickly took them out of the bus. 

About 35 persons were injured, local reports say everyone escaped without getting critically hurt. The injured were taken to various private hospitals nearby. The police have registered a case and have started an investigation.