Mysuru: A man and his son had a miraculous escape after the car in which they were travelling crashed into a compound wall on Mysuru-Hunsur Road near Yelwal yesterday. 

The duo escaped with minor injuries as the car air bags opened preventing them from sustaining serious injuries while the vehicle has been damaged extensively. 

The father-son duo is ex-serviceman Ponnappa and his son Appachu of Kodagu district. 

Yesterday at about 12 noon, Ponnappa and Appachu were proceeding towards Hunsur side in their car (KA-04-MY-7632), when the person behind the wheels lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into the compound wall of a vacant plot on the roadside. 

The impact was such that the part of the compound wall collapsed and the front portion of the car damaged badly.   

Yelwal Police visited the  accident spot.