Udupi: One Killed as Car Rams into Tree at Uchila
Inchara Udupi
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi
Udupi, Aug 6: One person died and four others were injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into a tree off Narayanaguru road, Uchila here on the early hours of Monday August 6.
The deceased has been identified as Vijaymurthy alias Rakesh Kamath (24), a resident of Kundapur.
Damodar Pai, Arjun Shenoy, Trivikram Pai and Vivek Pai were also in the car with Rakesh.
The five were travelling in a Swift Desire car and were part of a big group. There were four other cars, and the Swift was the last in the line.
They had been to Mangalore from Kundapur to attend a Konkani Samaj programme. The accident took place on their way back at around 12.30 am, when the Swift, which was said to be at a high speed veered off the road and moved around 100 ft away from the highway, before ramming into a tree.
The impact of the accident was such that the car got stuck in the eand was badly smashed. Rakesh died on the spot.
Padubidri police have registered a case.