Kasargod: One dead, over 30 injured in bus-lorry collision


Kasargod: One dead, over 30 injured in bus-lorry collision

Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod

Updated

Kasargod, Jul 25: One person died and over 30 others were injured in a collision between a private bus and a lorry at Bevinje here on Thursday July 25.

The deceased has been identified as Nagendra Navale (29), a resident of Hubli. He was the driver as well as owner of the lorry.

Several including the bus driver are critical, sources said.

The bus driver, identified as Muttu (25) and lorry cleaner Raju (25) of Chitradurga have been shifted to a hospital in Mangalore. Raju's condition is said to be critical.

Bus conductor Balachandra (27), passengers Suresh (37) of Mullery and Purushottam Nair (55) of Adrukuyi were taken to a private hospital in Nullipady, while Qasim (42), Savita (25) of Manantavady, T K Abdul Khader (35), Muhammed Basheer (63), Shaiju (30) of Badiadka, Vipin (18), K G Joy (59) of Cherkala, Bhaskar (42), Abdulla (47) of Kumbar Bedradka, Pramod Kumar (43) of Vidyanagar, Balakrishna (57), Premakumari (49) of Vidyanagar, and P C Raju (48) have been shifted to Chengala hospital.

Elsy (37) of Chikkinadka, Badiadka, her daughter Mary are recuperating in Kanhangad district hospital.

The Sai Motors bus was plying from Kasargod to Manantavady while the lorry was moving towards Mangalore from Kochi carrying fertilizers.

The injured were shifted to various hospitals with the help of locals, police and firemen.

Traffic on the national highway was affected for several hours following the accident.

  

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  • Satyajit, Mangalore

    Sat, Jul 27 2013

    The truck is on the wrong side on the curve. No point in blaming the bus driver !

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  • Francis D'sa, Mangalore/Jeddah

    Thu, Jul 25 2013

    Please don't allow bus drivers below 40 years age to drive the buses. Now a days, all the bus drivers are aged 19-30 years. When they sit in the bus, they think they are flying BOEING OR AIRBUS.You ask them how you got license, through agent is the answer. Lastly, suffers are the poor passengers who maybe the bread winners of the family. we pray that all the injured get well soon.

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  • Nishar, uae

    Thu, Jul 25 2013

    Very sad news. RIP to cleaner.
    Highways in Kerala seems like hanging bridges. No solution except four lane. Politicians are busy escaping from scams and scandals. People of Kerala should stand strong against this ignorance and fight till success.

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  • Prasanna, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 25 2013

    how it will be man? see the position of the lorry.

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  • imraan, mangalore

    Thu, Jul 25 2013

    First of all the Kerala Government should take immediate steps to widen the highway.... they are so narrow that it is very dangerous for driving adding to it its rainy season... without widening the roads to four lane there cannot be any control on the accidents... Highways throughout are being improved only Kerala remains backward in this matter ... We cannot keep pointing out the lorry driver, bus driver or car driver... first thing is to make the road safer to drive...

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  • MANOHAR , MANGALORE

    Thu, Jul 25 2013

    THE POSITION OF THE ACCIDENT SHOWS THE BUS DRIVER ON THE WRONG SIDE. I REQUEST GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE COME FORWARD TO TEACH THE LESSON TO THE BUS DRIVERS ON VERY SIMPLE MANNER, THAT PLEASE ASK WITH BUS DRIVER TO STOP THE BUS IF HE IS ON OVER SPEED AND GET DOWN FROM THE BUS AND LODGE A COMPLAINT NEAREST POLICE STATION. BUT OUR PEOPLE WILL NOT DO THIS EXERCISE, TILL SUCH TIME THIS KIND OF NEGLIGENCE DRIVING WILL TAKE PLACE AND THE FAMILY WILL LOOSE FATHER, MOTHER, DAUGHTER , SON ETC - ETC.

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  • S N Bangs, Thannirubhavi

    Thu, Jul 25 2013

    See the Caution Board is right in front of the accident site. Still Both Lorry and Bus is Overspeeding?

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  • Prescilla Mascarenhas, Mangalore/Mira Road

    Thu, Jul 25 2013

    Very sad accident.May his soul rest in peace and pray for speedy recovery of injured people.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 25 2013

    I guess the cleaner was DRIVING...

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  • Felix Gonsalves, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 25 2013

    When will these 6 wheelers learn to go slow??? :/
    So many accidents, so many innocent lives lost, all for a minutes 60 speed...

    Speeding thrills, Speeding kills.

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