Representative image showing a KSRTC bus that met with an accident.
Credit: DH File Photo
Thiruvananthapuram: Six people, including women and children, were reported killed after a transport bus rammed into an autorickshaw at Thalappady in Kerala - Karnataka border at Manjeswar in Kasaragod on Thursday afternoon.
The autorickshaw driver and passengers were among those killed. All were said to be natives of Karnataka. Two injured were rushed to a hospital in Mangaluru.
A Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus from Kasaragod to Mangaluru was involved in the accident by around 1.45 pm.
The driver lost control over the bus and it rammed into the autorickshaw and a bus waiting shelter. The two injured were waiting for the bus. Brake failure and overspeed of the bus were said to be the reasons for the accident.