Bus conductor dies as tree branch pierces into KSRTC bus

Bhatkal: The conductor of a Mangaluru-Bhatkal KSRTC Volvo bus lost his life after a huge branch of a tree pierced into the bus at Bhatkal on Thursday night November 15^th. The deceased has been identified as Panchaiah Matapathy (35) of Belagavi.

The KSRTC bus was plying from Mangaluru towards Bhatkal and reached it destination at 8:55 pm. After all the passengers alighted, the driver and conductor had food at a hotel and were heading towards the KSRTC depot on Sagar road when tragedy struck.

In a bid to avert collision with an oncoming auto-rickshaw, the bus driver veered the vehicle towards one side when the tree branch pierced into the bus and seriously injured Panchaiah who died on the spot.