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Udupi: Eight children injured in auto rickshaw-bus collision

  •   Fri, Mar 13 2015 05:41:24 PM

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Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (HB/UM)

Udupi, Mar 13: Eight children were injured in a collision between an auto rickshaw and a recklessly driven bus here on Friday March 13.

The accident took place in front of Udupi city municipal council (CMC) office.

The accident occured when a speeding Mangaluru-Udupi Durgamba express bus overtook the auto rickshaw without any warning and took a sudden left just before halting at the bus stop near CMC. The auto driver, who was taken aback, lost control and rammed into the bus from the rear end. The impact of the collision was such that the auto rickshaw overturned.

There were eight children in the rickshaw, students of St Mary's School and Christian High School.

Two of the children, Yuvraj studying in 1st standard and Sona, a student of 4th standard, were badly injured and admitted to hospitals. The rest six sustained minor injuries. Auto driver Krishna Nittur was also injured.

Soon after the accident, the driver and the conductor of the bus escaped from the spot.

Udupi traffic police arrived at the spot, seized the bus and registered a case.
  

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  • Peter Lewis, Kalmady/k s a

    Sat, Mar 14 2015

    Permanently terminate driving licence, then only rest of the drivers will learn lesson. And heavy penalty should imposed to bus owners too, cause they also responsible pressure on drivers and conductors for more collection.

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  • n shetty, Manglore

    Sat, Mar 14 2015

    Sadly these preventable Accidents are a regular affair.
    It does not affect the authorities at all.
    Why cant the Police move around in Unmarked vehicles and slap Huge fines for reckless driving.
    The Express Buses should not be allowed to stop at the Busstops once the Passengers have got down and the Boarding is over.
    Pls also check their Horns(irritable) and the Brake lights and Number plates....Why not put Speed governors.....

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  • Joe D'Souza, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 14 2015

    Eight Children in Rickshaw is not even a serious matter nowadays. How about 14 Children along with one sitting on lap of driver. Public shout only when accident happens or they ignore rest of the days. Parents do not care what happens to their Children anymore and Authorities only care about their Hawala,then little Children play the price.

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  • JNB , Bejai

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Hang the bus driver upside down and put rats & scorpions inside his pants....
    it will work no need to blame rods condition-bad....

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  • Lobo, Mangalore

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Some time back the same transport company bus was speeding and mowed down three innocent poor people at Kaup and evoked great public Ire. The accident evoked public ire and scores of scores of people gathered at the spot to protest. They pelted stones and damaged two buses...and the news was soon forgotten while the police hushed up the case under influence by the local MLA (who is actually supposed to protect the helpless, innocent citizens)
    More recently, the same company bus killed three of a family including a pregnant woman in Udupi.

    Sadly, the Durgamba Travels owner Shettipal Chatra, has all the key Cong-I (extraordinary corrupt) and BJP politicians in his monthly payout and continues to laugh his way to the bank!

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  • raghavendra m k, mumbai maharashtra

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    cancel the driving licence of bus driver . penalise with heavy penalty owner of the bus. may cancel its permit also.

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  • taurojohn, mangalore/malad

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Why the drivers are reckless I don't know. I feel all the Bus drivers should be made pass through defensive driving.

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  • Edward C Maben, Mangalore

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    It pathetic to know that the RTO or the police department can do nothing about this. The bus driver escapes from the scene, comes with a bail and the case runs for some years, during which the driver would have lost all conviction and is again driving like his father owns the road. And dare we raise a voice against them, they resort to goondaism and perhaps file a false case saying we hit them, they call for a strike, and we the common man, face the ire. Sheer nonsense.
    Daijiworld, a suggestion to you, you do a lot of good things by bringing us transparent news. Why dont you start a campaign, invite readers to sign a online petition and send the same to the concerned authorities. Atleast this might help

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  • Well wisher, Udupi

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Every time you return back from city, or your children return from school, it's like a bonus that you have lived to see a new day tomorrow,life has become so uncertain.

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  • Joe Gonsalves, Mangalore

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    What can we call such reckless driving. One hears about speeding buses all the time. Can one call them KILLER BUSES. It is expedient that The Police take a serious note of the careless driving and perhaps install speed governors on some transport vehicles. What has happened Udupi does happen in Mangalore all the time.

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  • Ashwin, SuratKal

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Driver and conductor escaped, what else they can do. Human life is precious (only theirs)I guess it happens in Mangalore and Australia too.

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  • stan, dubai

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    The permit is issued to carry only 3 passengers in Auto rickshaw. I have seen most of the auto rickshaws take some time 10-15 children in one auto rickshaw.... why our RTA is not objecting and how the parents are allowing their children to go in such auto rickshaw. Olden days students used to walk miles to go to school/college. Why can't the modern parents ask the children to walk to school.

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  • Vishal Gopal, Mangalore

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Dear Stan, Olden days - modern days ? In olden days children could walk quietly along the road, there were no buses with rash drivers. Modern children are no more so strong as those of the olden times: eating food grown with chemical and artificial manure.

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  • Rudolf, Mumbai

    Sat, Mar 14 2015

    Dear Stan, if children walk, in addition to keeping fit, the sun bathing will generate natural Vit D which is one of the most important hormones connected at almost every process in the human body, and deficiency (majority of children and adults are deficient in this wonderful hormone which we get for free) of which is known to cause a myriad of problems which are treated symptomatically rather than hitting at the root cause!!

    If children were to be healthy eating natural food, walking, playing, etc. who would solicit the 'pediatricians' with a string of degrees charging through the roof!!

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  • Antony Fernandes, Mangalore/USA

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    In a auto only 3 children can sit, am I right? Then how eight children can get injured? Is there a law in Udupi! Our cow rickshaw chasing dala people should chase humans rickshaw first.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, BAHRAIN

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    If the driver meets with an accident or is not in a position to control his vehicle, it is rash driving and deserve punishment.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Durgamba bus drivers are very rash ...

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  • Ashwin, SuratKal

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Jossy, others are JUST rash..?? !!! Just joking mate!! I always said it is not bad roads that causes accident but bad driving.

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  • Rudolf, Mumbai

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Lucky kids to have survived without major injuries!! The less spoken the better of the pvt. buses unless govt. starts a state owned intrastate bus service like BEST in Mumbai, these accidents will be ongoing affairs killing and maiming innocent people!!

    BTW, how come eight kids in on auto packed like a can of sardines, shocking??? Jai Hind!!

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  • Kusuma Kumari G Nellore , Nellore/Kodyadka

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    Bus drivers are driving very rash these days and that results in many accidents. They should be very careful when driving in city limits I feel most of them are hooligans

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  • saiprem H S, MANGALORE

    Fri, Mar 13 2015

    WHY THE BUS DRIVERS CANT BE Taught a lesson by the public. All the time its the bus drivers mistake

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