Pothole claims another life in Bengaluru, 50-year-old woman run over by bus after falling off scooter dies

In another instance of pothole-ridden Bengaluru roads claiming lives, a 50-year-old woman who suffered grievous injuries after she fell off a scooter and was run over by a bus in Rajajinagar Monday died at hospital late in the night.

Umadevi was riding pillion with her daughter, Vanitha S, 28, when a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus knocked down their scooter as they were trying to avoid a pothole on the Vatal Nagaraj Road near Lulu Mall. Umadevi suffered serious head and leg injuries in the accident and was admitted to the intensive care unit at the ESIC hospital in Rajajinagar.

The Malleshwaram traffic police arrested the bus driver and seized the vehicle for further investigation.