Port Blair, Aug. 23: A private long route bus named ‘Anand’ plying in between Diglipur – Port Blair today met with an accident at Kadamtala. The accident took place at around 9.30 am when the driver of a Maruti Alto Car lost his control and hit the bus coming from the opposite direction. It is learnt that, in order to escape the over speeding car, the bus driver drove off the road resulting in the bus turning turtle.

According to sources, three persons have received minor injuries including the driver of Alto Car. All injured have been shifted to the hospital.