Mulky: A car driver escaped from major mishap after a serial accident which involved car, bus and a tanker, at National Highway 66 near Bappanadu, on Thursday.

Sadashiva (56) of Kundapur is the injured driver. He was driving a Hyundai Santro car.

An express bus plying from Mangaluru to Udupi stopped suddenly near Bappanadu to board passengers in it. So, Sadashiva stopped his car behind the bus as he didn’t have space to overtake the bus as it stopped suddenly.

A tanker hit the car from behind and due to the extreme force car hit the bus. After hitting the car tanker hit the road divider and stopped in the either side of the road. Sadashiva was stuck between the steering wheel and seat and was struggling to come out of it.

Locals helped him to come out of the car and admitted him to a local hospital. He has survived with minor injuries. Car has been totally damaged due to the accident.