BENGALURU: Thirteen people, including four women, sustained injuries when a BMTC bus toppled on West of Chord Road in Rajajinagar 1st Block on Wednesday morning. The driver said he was trying to avoid ramming a biker when the accident occurred.  Thirteen of the 30 passengers in the bus were injured in the incident.

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The incident occurred when the bus (KA-01-FA-2301, route number 180A, from depot number 31) was getting on to the grade separator in Rajajinagar First Block, while on its way from Mahalakshmi Layout to Vijayanagar, at about 10.45am.  The bus driver Ninja Gowda reportedly lost control of the bus and the front wheel went up the divider causing the bus to fall. According to driver Ninge Gowda, the vehicle was about to climb the flyover on West of Chord Road when he noticed a biker, who overtook the bus from the left and swerved to the right. Trying to save the biker from coming under the bus wheels, Ningegowda claimed that he ended up crashing into the flyover wall. Due to the massive impact, the bus overturned in the middle of the road. A 72-year-old woman, Mohana VN, a resident of Adarsh Nagar in RT Nagar, sustained injuries and doctors kept her in the ICU under observation where she is reported to be out of danger. 

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