Mandya: 10 Dead, 20 Injured as Vehicle Plunges into Gorge


Mandya: 10 Dead, 20 Injured as Vehicle Plunges into Gorge

Mandya, Feb 10 (DHNS): Ten people were killed and more than 20 were injured when the Tempo Traveller in which they were travelling fell into a gorge at Basavanabetta of Basavanahalli village near Halagur in Mandya district on Thursday afternoon.

Bhagyamma, 55, Roopa, 35, Surabhi, 5, all from Halagur; Prema, 75, of Talkadu village and H B Basavaraju, 72, of Chamarajnagar died on the spot. Susheelamma, 60, of Halagur died while taken to hospital.

Honnappa, 70, Shwetha, 28, Lakshmamma, 30 and Mahadeva, 36, of Halagur died at the district hospital in Mandya. The injured have been admitted to the Malavalli hospital and the district hospital in Mandya.

The incident occurred when they were returning to Halagur after a pooja at the Basaveshwaraswamy temple at Basavanabetta.

Faulty driving: It is said the driver of the vanwas driving the vehicle without switching gears. The vehicle hit the protecting wall of the narrow, steep road before falling into the ditch. The driver fled the spot soon after the accident. A case has been registered at the Halagur police station. MLA P M Narendra- swamy, SP Koushalendra Kumar, tahsildar B Vani and others visited the spot.

  

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  • sunil, dubai

    Fri, Feb 10 2012

    This is the advice to all who are over confident in driving. The vehicle have more power than man so please don't go to play with vehicle. when driving keep your control in break and gear some times you can't control the vehicle with break, in that cases you can control by gear. Otherwise same will happen you loose your life and you will take others life.

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