Mangalore : Nearly 25 passengers of a KSRTC bus on way to Mangalore from Badami had a miraculous escape when the bus skidded and went off the road and landed close by the embankment of the bridge at Bangrakulur in the wee hours of May 28, Tuesday.

Some sources say a brake failure had led to the accident, while some other sources say the slippery road led to the skidding of the bus.

The passengers jumped off the bus to save themselves.The presence of mind of the driver was appreciated, but for him the bus would have plunged into the river.

Some of the passengers had sustained minor injuries. The passengers were later sent to Mangalore by another bus.