The incident occurred at Sita Circle near Hosakerehalli Cross in Bengaluru. The auto driver lost control and crashed into the BMTC bus in front of him. The impact left the auto completely smashed, killing both the driver and the passenger on the spot. The BMTC buses have been seized, and the drivers have been detained in connection with the incident. The incident resulted in a traffic jam for more than an hour. The Bengaluru city police official statistics said, the IT city recorded a total of 4,784 road accident cases in which 893 were killed and 4,052 people were injured in the year 2024. The police department also claims that as a result of proactive measures, the death rate has come down by 1.26 per cent in fatal accidents and by. 1.90 per cent for non-fatal accidents. A 12-year-old boy from Andhra Pradesh was killed in a road accident on his birthday on January 13, 2023. The deceased Bhanu Teja was riding pillion with his cousin on a bike when the incident took place. A mother and her infant daughter were burnt alive in the car in aRoad accident on the NICE road in Bengal Bangalore. The father and another daughter had miraculously escaped with serious injuries.
