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Tour bus overturns in Wayanad; two killed, multiple injured
A passenger vehicle carrying postgraduate students from Karnataka's Mandya University crashed in Wayanad district on Wednesday, resulting in two fatalities and several injuries. The accident occurred as the bus, which was operating as a tour vehicle from Munnar, overturned on the roadway.
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The mishap took place when the bus, ferrying a group of postgraduate students on an educational tour, lost control and overturned at an unspecified location in Wayanad district in Kerala's High Ranges region. Emergency services responded to the incident, recovering two bodies from the wreckage and transporting multiple injured passengers to nearby medical facilities for treatment.
The students aboard the vehicle were part of a group from Mandya University in Karnataka undertaking the tour to Munnar, a popular hill station destination in the Western Ghats. The exact cause of the accident remains under investigation by local authorities.
This incident adds to Kerala's road safety concerns, particularly on the winding hill routes of the Western Ghats that frequently experience vehicular accidents during peak tourist seasons. Officials have not yet released a comprehensive statement regarding the full casualty count or the condition of those hospitalised following the overturning.