Two killed, over 20 injured in Kerala bus crash on Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway

Two people were killed and more than 20 others injured when a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus overturned on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway in Karnataka on Saturday morning. The accident occurred near Bidadi after the bus, traveling from Kozhikode in Kerala to Bengaluru, struck a roadside signboard.

The crash happened at approximately 6:30 a.m. on August 8, 2026, on the Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway 275 in Ramanagara district. The deceased were identified as the bus driver, Midhilesh, and the conductor, Arun Kumar. Their bodies were transported to the Rajarajeswari Hospital in Bengaluru.

According to preliminary reports, the bus was traveling at high speed when it hit a large signboard structure near Avverahalli. The impact caused the signboard to collapse and the bus to overturn, after which it was dragged for about 50 meters. The vehicle was completely damaged in the incident.

Emergency services transported the injured to hospitals in the area. A medical official at Bharath Kempanna Hospital in Bidadi reported that two passengers with head injuries were scheduled for surgery, while three others suffered fractures. Several other individuals sustained facial...