Eight passengers and the crew of a government bus escaped unhurt after the vehicle crashed into a retaining wall and was left hanging on a bridge over a lake near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district.

The bus was operating between Ponneri and Minjur via the villages of Aladu, Reddypalayam, Thathaimanji, and Kattur in Tiruvallur district. It had returned from Minjur and was on its way back to Ponneri.