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Mangalore: Omni rams into pedestrians - elderly man dies, woman injured

  •   Wed, Mar 27 2013 11:18:09 AM

Mangalore: Omni rams into pedestrians - elderly man dies, woman injured

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (VM)

Mangalore, Mar 27: A elderly man was killed and a lady critically injured in an accident near Sacred Heart School, Kulshekar here on Wednesday March 27.

The deceased has been identified as Albert Consessao (60), a resident of Kulshekar. He is survived by his wife Felcy, son John Pradeep and daughter Pramila.

The accident occured when a Maruti Omni plying from Vamanjoor towards Kushekar lost control and rammed into Albert and the lady, who were walking beside the road.

The injured lady was later identified as Shashikala. She sustained injuries on her head.

Eyewitnesses said that the driver of the Omni himself shifted Shashikala to a hospital. Her condition is said to be critical,

Kankanady rural police arrived at the spot.
  

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  • Leslie Fernandes, Brahmagiri, Udupi

    Thu, Mar 28 2013

    EXTREMELY HEART BREAKING TRAGEDY THIS IS.
    EVEN WALKING IS NOT SAFE NOWADAYS.
    MY HOMAGE TO THE DEPARTED.
    MAY GOD BLESS THE SURVIVOR WITH ENOUGH REASON TO LIVE ON......
    IT WILL NOT BE EASY BUT MY SISTER YOU MUST MOVE ON AND KEEP GOING...

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  • Jesan, Kulshekar/USA

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    May his soul rest in peace. Hearty condolence to John and his family

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  • Dony D'Souza, Moodbidri

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    I'm sorry to hear and my heart felt condolences to uncle's family.May uncle's soul rest in peace.
    Strict regulations on driving,traffic rules have to be implemented in place and drivers have to be educated on hazards,dangers of irresponsible driving and make them realize their responsibility towards the society and to have respect for every human life.

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  • Rudolf, Mumbai

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    @Yatishkumar, your views on following rules and regulations is perfectly okay, but what is the state of the roads, where are the footpaths, speedbreakers, parking sense, etc. etc.!! Only thing to protect ones life here is "prayer" and only "prayer"!!!! "Jaan bachi tho laakhon paaye"!!

    Jai Mangluru!!!

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  • Mable , Bangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Our heartiest condolences on demise of our beloved Abbu uncle.

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  • Flora Machado, Karambar, Dubai

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Dear Felcy Aunty and family,
    Heartfelt condolence on the sad demise of our loving Abbu Maam. May his soul rest in peace.
    Flora,Noel,Danny,Astley,Dubai

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  • SAHIL, DUBAI

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Very sad to hear,may his soul rest in peace

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  • Venzil Fernandes, Derebail, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    My Heartful condolence to Late. Albert Consessao's family. May the departed soul Rest In Peace. Amen

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  • Manohar /Menaal / Michelle/Premila Tauro, Mangalore /Dubai

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Dear Felcy Aunty and family,
    Heartfelt sympathies to you dear aunty and all at home.It's a great loss that dear Abu uncle is no more with us and has now joined to be in the company of Our Lord in His heavenly abode.May God give you n your children the strength to bear this sudden loss.May his soul rest in peace.
    Regards,
    Manohar (Manu),Premila,Menaal and Michelle Tauro.DUBAI.

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  • Bryan, Bahrain

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    The only solution to the Sacred Heart Spot is two or three speed breakers where traffic can slow down from both the sides,Municipality and Traffic department should take strong decision on fixing speed breaker on this road as soon as possible,because we see innocent children always crossing the street while going to school and fanatic drivers that always in a hurry to kill people.

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  • nelson jude bernard mathias, karambar/ mumbai

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    sorry to hear, may his soul rest in peace. Amen

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  • YATHISH KUMAR, ATTAVAR/ DUBAI

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    "DRIVING IS AN ART" so nobody is perfect.It's the duty of the driver to drive carefully depending on the road conditions and equally it's the responsibility of the pedestrains as well, to save themselves from such tragedy by being alert besides the road AND WHILE TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD BETWEEN THE MOVING TRAFFIC as the driver will only concentrate in saving his vehicle and not the public on road during the course of an accident,it's bcoz he knows very clearly and clever enough, that he will be out from the jail on bail with the help of the defending Lawyers who are also behind money in spite of such an offence he has done by killing somebody below his vehicle. Heavy penalty depending on the depth of the crime(accident) will only help to reduce accidents on Mangalore roads.people are not at all afraid of the law as it has lot of loop holes to escape and needs a lot of changes in the law depending on the present days situation and the court fines are not so hefty which were regulated in the 19th century during the British rule in India. Everyone on the road as well as the pedestrians want to reach first,so nobody has patience to wait for their turn to come instead rush to be ahead and finally this is the result,"PEDESTRIAN DEAD IN ROAD ACCIDENT AND DRIVER ABSCONDING".

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  • errol ian dsouza, kulshekar,mangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    RIP abbu maam :(

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  • Dr Kiran VSA, Udupi

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Another tragedy ! There is no safety and guarantee to human lives. Police are sleeping. Mangalore is becoming killer capital.

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  • Farooq, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    These days are things geting worse..neither the driver will follow the rules nor the padestrians..sometimes we see them more callous than animals while crossing the roads. so kindly dont always throw the blame on driver..it is our responsibility too..to take care of ourself.

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  • Lancy Moras, Moushmi Creations

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Deep sympathies to the bereaved family members.

    May the departed soul RIP Amen

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  • Ayes P., Mangalore/KSA

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    I have been in vacation last month in Mangalore while I was riding two wheeler and four wheel some of the drivers are overtaking their vehicles from left side without horn and/or without any indication to me/us instead of right in the two lane roads that also too fast because we are concentrating front and right side only. Most of the drivers are driving their vehicles between the two lanes instead of one lane because one lane is not sufficient to them to drive not in the busiest roads (example Kavoor –Bondel- Mangalore four lane roads). In the evening it is very difficult to ride two wheel because of vehicles/ heavy vehicles drivers are driving their vehicles too fast with high beam halogen lights without changing low beams light even in rural single lane roads/narrow roads how can one ride safely with heavy rays of this halogen lights. Is it possible? I noticed many worst things in Mangalore district traffic . RTO should streamline thousand things in the traffic and while RTO is issuing the licenses tests should be done in a toughest way to avoid such frequent accidents. In Saudi Arabia even we cannot change the track/lane while we are crossing the signal either U turn, left turn & straight immediately camera will catch vehicle number and penalty of SR 500 to his ID (equivalent to INR 7500). If such type of systems implement in our country/Karnataka with heavy penalty then only we can make safest way of driving without losing thousands of innocents’ lives.

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Ms.Ayes P., Mangalore/KSA

    It's request without knowing don't degrade our country. Our Driver's are efficent and are doing less accidents as compare to our population. They are fit in any other country. Ofcourse, some deaths occured it's from there mistake due to over-speeding/over-taking other vehicle.

    Road accidents in Saudi Arabia have been recorded as the highest in the world. That an average of more than 17-20 Saudi's die on the country's roads each day. During 2008-09, nearly 6,485 people had died and more than 36,000 were injured in over 485,000 traffic accidents. Nearly 30% of traffic accidents in the Saudi capital Riyadh were due to drivers jumping red lights, followed by 18% of accidents caused by illegal U-turns. The study identified speeding, sudden stops and speaking on the phone while driving as the most common dangerous driving activities.

    Saudi Arabia has recorded four million traffic accidents, which has led to 86,000 deaths and 611,000 injuries, 7% of which resulted in permanent disabilities, in the past two decades. The study was conducted after World Health Organization (WHO) rated Saudi Arabia as having the world's highest number of deaths from road accidents.

    The Kingdom received five points out of ten in applying speed limits, two out of ten in applying helmet wearing for motorcycle riders and cyclists, five out of ten in applying seatbelt regulations and two out of ten in ensuring children’s safety in vehicles in the WHO rating.

    Saudi Arabia will have over 4 million traffic accidents a year by 2030, if the increasing number of road accident rates is not curbed.

    Don't sit abroad..and tell anything as u need.. Jai Hind..

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  • Naveen Shetty, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    I am sure your head is Bollu. In KSA the roads are of the world standard and have been laid planned considering the traffic growth for at least next 50 years. I agree the fatalities are high but comparing India and KSA is wrong. The ownership of vehicles is poor compared to Saudi where the vehicle ownership is high. If the fatalities are compared based as a percentage of people who owned the vehicle and the accidents India will top the list. For your kind information India is loosing more people due to accidents then the total people died during the world war. And this is happening yearly. There is no proper compensation for the victims families as well. The people who suffer because of the injury miserable in India where as in KSA atleast you get a proper compensation for the victims. In Saudi you can find more expats who come from different cultures and this is also one of the main reason for the increased fatalities.

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Mohammad Naveen Shetty, Mangalore

    What you said is absolutely right. I fully agree with you. Are you appreciating infrastructure of saudi arabia..?? what you mean to exactly. Saudi Arabia's population may be around 30-35 million..same as population of either delhi or mumbai. While looking accidents occuring in rapid space..what will happen after fifty years.. when total population cross same like India..around 1400 millions..or say 400 millions!! Are they able to control so huge population.. Can infrastrcture tackle so much population who are having vehicles due to cheap rate of petrol...?? Petrol can only available for the period for 70-90 years..what will happen after..??? What happen now to Bruneai/Oman/UAE...is still availability of petrol as happened last twenty years..?? Still India can managable as compare to othere countries..in all respects in all matters..!! Highest rate of accidents in Saudi Arabia is based on report of WHO...Jai Hind...

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  • Ivan Mathias, Karambar / Abu Dhabi

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Sorry to hear, RIP Abbu Mama

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  • Naveen D'souza, Valencia-Kuwait

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    THESE DAYS WE CAN'T TELL, WE'LL RETURN BACK SAFELY. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE. NOW WHAT IS THE PUNISHMENT DRIVER WILL GET? REALLY THIS IS TRUTH. IN INDIA THERE IS NO RULES AND REGULATION IN TRAFFIC. SAME ROAD 25 YEARS FROM NOW AND IT WILL REMAIN AFTER 25 YEARS TOO. TRAFFIC IS MORE AND ROADS ARE SAME.

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  • sunnylara, bangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    by mistake accident happend.and driver admitted lady in hospital... at least he did his responsibility

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    good gesture from driver..at least he has taken lady to hospital. it's called humanity..to save life while in disaster. we do not know what actually went wrong..either pedestrians come in between..so lost control..or any other reasons. sorry to hear driver if will land in jail..if it's not his fault. cannot blame wholly on drivers.

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  • Hariprasad Hegde, Mangalore/Udupi

    Thu, Mar 28 2013

    Bollu FYI driver's lose control only if he is driving fast or he is busy talking on phone, you will know only if you drive a car.

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 28 2013

    Mansoor Hariprasad Hegde, Mangalore/Udupi

    I liked your comment very much. You are absolutely right.

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Omni loosing control ,what speed it is running!.Sometime careless driving , mobile talking is main reason behind these deadly accidents.'May his soul rest in peace'.

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  • thomasaquin, mangalore/Dubai

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Licenses to drive are issued without the driver being properly trained and tested. Further at least 50% of the drivers on the road, if retested as per international standards will fail the driving test. Police stop vehicles with tint however when they stop to remove the tint, they never ask the driver his license and registration papers.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Sorry to hear. May the departed soul RIP. This driver should be punished severely. Problem is that our licensing system never checks the driving behavior on the roads before issuing license.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mangalore/Mapusa/Mumbai

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Footpath tender money was swallowed by ...

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  • ANIL THOMAS DSILVA, MANGALORE-ADYAR-AFGANISTAN

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    he lost the control or was driving fast..
    y its happening now a days in mangalore.. donot drive fast if u r just started driving or drive carefuly if u know well.. dont be over smart..

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  • KRPrabhu, Kudla/Bangalore

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    In Mangalore how the light vehicles are loosing control recently resulting loss of so many lives.Is untrained driving is the cause?......

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  • John Tauro, M'lore / Kwt

    Wed, Mar 27 2013

    Control is lost due to over speeding. Speed must be controlled according to road conditions.

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