Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Three Nursing Students Killed in Chitradurga Bus Overturn
A bus carrying nursing students overturned in Chitradurga.
The students were returning to Bengaluru after an educational trip to Goa.
Three students died at the accident site.
Twenty others were hurt.
They were taken to a government hospital for treatment.
One injured student said many passengers were asleep when the crash happened.
People nearby broke the bus windows to rescue those trapped inside.
The bus was carrying 49 students and three staff members.
Three third-year BSc Nursing students were killed when a tourist bus overturned near Aimangala in Hiriyur.
Twenty other students were injured and taken to Chitradurga District Government Hospital.
The students from Universal College in Bengaluru were returning from an educational trip to Goa.
The bus overturned on Friday morning while travelling toward Bengaluru.
An injured student said 49 students and three staff members were on the bus.
- Who
- Third-year BSc Nursing students from Universal College in Bengaluru, along with teaching and non-teaching staff.
- What
- A private tourist bus overturned and fell into a trench, killing three students and injuring 20 others.
- When
- Friday morning.
- Where
- Near Aimangala in Hiriyur, Chitradurga.
- Why
- The students were travelling back to Bengaluru after an educational trip to Goa; the article does not state why the bus overturned.
- Deaths
- Three students died at the scene.
- Injuries
- Twenty people were injured.
- Institution
- Universal College in Bengaluru.
- Students' course
- Third-year BSc Nursing.
- Trip destination
- Goa.
- Accident location
- Near Aimangala in Hiriyur, Chitradurga.
- Passengers
- Forty-nine students, two teaching staff members and one non-teaching staff member.