Child falls from moving bus

KOZHIKODE: A three-year-old child hailing from Govindapuram was thrown out of a moving bus at Kaloor, near Mankavu when the bus hit a huge pothole. The boy, who was travelling along with his uncle, suffered serious head injuries and has been admitted to the Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences.

Eyewitnesses said the accident occurred when the wheels of the bus hit a huge pothole on the Makavu-Pushpa junction road. The man, who was holding the kid, lost his balance and the kid fell from the bus, they said. Recently, two school girls too had suffered injuries after falling from a moving bus that hit the pothole on the same route.