Bengaluru: Car falls into 12 ft ditch; passengers escape with minor injuries

Bengaluru: A car, with four passengers, fell into a 12 ft ditch on the Gandhi Bazaar Main Road on Wednesday morning.

The driver and passengers sustained no major injuries, officials at the Basavanagudi police station confirmed to DH.

The incident took place around 11 am on Wednesday, near the Cosmos Cooperative Bank on the Gandhi Bazaar Main Road, when a parking attempt next to a construction site led to the accident.

"The construction site has a deep ditch, but no barricades were placed alerting motorists and pedestrians on the road about the danger ahead. Hence, four people travelling in a Maruti Esteem were hurt (minor injuries) due to the negligence of the GBA engineers and property owners," Guruprasad Rotti, secretary of the Heritage Basavanagudi Residential Welfare Forum told DH.

A police official present at the location said that a joint effort of the police force and the locals was undertaken to rescue the passengers and retrieve the cars.

"Luckily, the passengers escaped with only minor injuries. We used metal chains for the rescue operation, and the entire process didn't take long. As this was a self-accident, no case was registered," he said.