Udupi : The driver of Tourist Bus carrying over 50 children from a school in Bantwal on an educational tour to Manipal and Udupi had a brake failure on way to the Sri Krishna Mutt as he wanted to park the Bus in a lane nearby, but rammed in to a parked Scorpio Van with Andhra Pradesh registration and then hit two more vehicles which were empty, an Alto car of Udupi and a Hyundai i20 car of Andra and stopped without killing anyone.

The children in the bus had a miraculous escape. They were from a higher primary school at Patrakody, Kedila in Bantwal. They had seen a museum and a planetarium in Manipal before reaching Udupi to visit Sri Krishna Matt.

The driver of the Bus received minor injuries in the clash of Vehicles in the accident.

The Udupi police on hearing about the event, rushed to the spot and registered a case for hitting 3 vehicles before the Bus came to a stop.