A road accident has killed at least five persons and left 40 others injured after the driver of a speeding bus lost control near Bangalore.
The public transport vehicle was commuting from Tirupati to Bangalore when the incident took place near Hoskote on the outskirts of Bangalore on Monday morning.
Police said the injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital.
Road accidents are common in India, where roads are often of poor quality. Transport officials attribute a large number of accidents in India to reckless driving and untrained drivers.