Airport staff injured after being hit by bus

A contract employee sustained injuries allegedly after being hit by a bus of IndiGo carrying passengers to an aircraft inside the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Saturday evening.

Sources said, “Shiv Shankar, a contractual employee of the AI Engineering Services Limited, was returning to the terminal after despatching a flight when he was hit by a bus. He was dragged for some distance before the bus stopped. Shankar suffered serious injuries, including a lumbar (vertebrae of spine) fracture. He is in a hospital.”