Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)
Bantwal, Jan 4: A school girl standing by the side of a road was critically injured after a motorcycle rammed into her. The accident occured at Okketthoor, Vittal on Wednesday, January 4.
The girl is Fathimath Nida, daughter of Basheer, a resident of Okkethoor in Vittal. She is a fifth standard student at Vittal Model School.
She was waiting for an auto rickshaw on the side of the road to go to school when the bike that came from Vittal collided with her and dragged her along for distance. The bystanders immediately rushed the girl to Puttur hospital. She was later shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru for further treatment.
The eye witnesses allege that vehicles have been overspeeding here after the Vittal – Kalladka road was widened and asphalted.