Ganesh Pai, Shirva

Someone commented that the car should be burnt. Dear friends, burning the car or the lorry is burning the insurer's money which is our own money. The person will get insurance claim. Only the government and govt owned insurance company will be the loser which is the tax amount paid by us. Please do not burn cars and lorries when accidents occur. You are burning your own money in the process. Besides it is illegal.

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Ganesh Pai, Shirva

Heart rending scenes. May god bless the departed souls. From the point of perspective of the car driver, I feel that since nothing can bring back the dead to life, exacting revenge on the car driver is not fair (As the good book says, an eye for an eye makes the world blind). These are wrong decisions taken in split seconds and he definitely seems to have taken a wrong decision (probably hit the accelerator instead of the break) for which action he will anyway suffer both at the hands of the law and the lawyers. Even the law says that where there is no "mens rea" (intention to kill), the punishment is less harsh. This is not to justify his act which has resulted in the death of an entire budding family, but it can happen to anyone. Assuming even that the biker was at fault, if the car was within permissible speed, they would not have died. Still, since there is no survivor to be taken care of, punishing an old man for a huge blunder does not help anybody. Let us hope and pray that at least the parents of both the husband and wife are given proper compensation by both the law and the driver and the driver too gets reasonable sentence. SPEED KILLS LITERALLY. This car driver may not have killed even an animal with his bare hands ever in his life, but he now has the blood of two youngsters and one child and an unborn child upon his soul. May he repent his actions and do good to society. God bless.

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Stan, Udupi/ Dubai

Driver is responsible for the deaths of four innocent people. He should be charged with multiple murder and should not be let off citing it as a mere accident.

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Priya, mangalore

This is an extremely unfortunate incident and may the departed RIP. However as responsible reporters and readers it is our duty to not distort a piece of information to where our imagination takes us. Accidents do not happen intentionally that is why they are called accidents and not necessarily does every accident have a drunken driving scumbag who flees the spot. There are a few facts here that have failed to make it to the article above.
The accident place is known to be accident prone. Refer to article on July 08,2014. Why weren't preventions put in place already?
Don't you think an accident of this proportion must have impacted the car driver as well? He did rush to help the fallen as soon as he recovered but confusion,fear,shock,denial,guilt,anger,sorrow are emotions must have been all over the place. People cannot be reasoned with under such circumstances, they only react. He was soon beginning to become prey to mob rage.
The driver was advised to leave from there by a gentleman. He did not flee from the law like how it was made to appear in the above article. He went straight to the police station. This was the most decent thing to do under the given circumstance.

The most important thing to take from this is that three more lives were lost in an accident that could be avoided and the survivor has to live with it for the rest of his life. How many more lives have to be lost before our traffic regulations become more efficient? How many more before speed reading camers are installed and helmets are made compulsory ? How many more before strict rules prohibit more than two people on a two wheeler? How many more!!

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Gomez D'souza, Belman

It seems you are the culprit or either related to the culprit. Carrying a child along is not three people riding on a bike. Second, they did not break any law. Also, no law however strictly implemented can avoid such kind of accidents which obviously was the fault of the car driver who wanted to overtake from the wrong side. If you do not have the heart to feel for a dead family, at least do not throw mud on them. Shamelessly blaming every one else including the govt and traffic regulations, which have nothing to do with this accident which is just the reckless driving of the car driver.

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JNB, Mangalore

Mangalore district is moving towards lawlessness.
We all work together with prominent police officers.

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Suman, Mangalore

Hard working happy family gone forever because of someones careless driving..sad..may their soul rest in peace.

Please drive safe.

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SN, Mangalore

it is said that car driver was retired lecturer... this old man was so fast driving that he could not control and gone to the right side and hit the bike and after that escaped from the spot without trying to help the victims. As lectures who are teaching other good thing will not do like this, he must me le cher or let chor. he made young family who had long life to retire fast from their life......

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Rita, Germany

OMG.three lives are lost due to carelessness of a Driver and disappeared too instead of helping the victims.Doesn't have a heart.A Coward man.oneday or other he will be caught sure.someone must be knowing who was it.Please find him atleast for the sake of These innocent souls he simply killed.who knows by now he must have gone out of town.may their souls rest in peace.

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Pai, Mangalore

What happened is very bad, condolences to the other family members RIP hardworking innocent riders.

Few facts to be known about the incident.

1. True, the drive was over taking from the wrong side.
2. True, driver was not following the speed limit of 80km/hr and was above the speed.
3. Yes, the driver left the car and vanish from the spot then later he SURRENDERED to the Police station and also informed them about what happened. In Indian even before you think twice u raise ur hand so he fled the spot and went to the police station.
4. Agreed taking to hospital is a valid point here in this case because of the impact, all 3 where spot DEAD. Where the driver got panicked and went to station directly.
5. Driver was not intoxicated.

Legal actions are under way and will be done as per the Indian Law.

Lesson to all. Drive Safe, be safe and let others be safe too.

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Nishar Ahmed, Mangalore

I just got my heart ripped out... Oh Allah..save all on road.. Small kids ya Allah.. Clearly drives is murderer.I don't know any sections jus get him in and make him repent like hell, and put in darkness till death...

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Jessy D'sa, Belman/Udupi

Because of car driver's reckless driving, innocent family has been erased.
May their souls rest in Peace. Amen!

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jones, manipal

This road has become wide recently and all vehicles more than 80 km/hr an some cars over 100 even its not one way.
Some kind of speed regulations are a basic requirement on this roads.
Some of the big education institution such as Nitte engineering college also lies besides this roads and there are no speed breakers or divider in front of this college. Students and two wheeler crossing the roads often become victims.
Concerned people please respond soon.

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Gerald Dsouza, Riyadh

Driver is a Murderer.

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Langoolacharya., Belman/Washington,DC.

People,

Tragic accident...RIP Prakash, Sumitra, and Srushti...

I think issuing drivers license should be made very strict...nobody without proper training should be able to get drivers license ...drunk driving laws should be strictly enforced...this road is state highway...nobody could blame the road here...

Unfortunately people think about road accidents only after they occur...unfortunately not before they occur...

...JH...

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Alphonso Rodrigues, Udupi

Oh God,its so sad, RIP

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SUHAN, Mangalore

As the driver of car was careless as he tried to overtake from wrong side, his fault has to be treated as murder crime. RIP

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subas shetty, dubai/kurady

Stupid driver take the life of 3 innocent people, he should give life sentence ,he did many mistake

01. He overtaking in wrong side
02. Then making accident and killing 3 people.
03.Instead of admitting them to hospital he runaway from the spot like Salman Khan.
Please give him capital punishment.

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

Duster driver is Duffer ...

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Hubert D'souza, Mangalore Dubai

Duster Busted, For Killing Poor Family. May Almighty God Grant Them Eternal Life.

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Robert Pais, Mangalore

Even safe driver/rider is at risk from others recklessness.

If all were wearing helmets- perhaps death due to head injury can be avoided.

Let the people who are in a hurry pass us by and lets not pay for others mistakes with our lives.

I guess - we have to drive in such a way to avoid the mistakes and imperfections of the : reckless drivers, pot holes and stones on the road.

While it is noteworthy that some hospitals are promoting the organ donation scheme, no one is involved in educating the 2 wheeler riders to wear helmets.
If we put all the deaths on our roads put together, easily several thousands die and yet we have more fear of air/plane safety but not safety of our roads.
The lines of the song by Bob Dylan aptly describe the loss:

Yes, how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died ?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind....

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prem, moodbidri

Really sad incident.

Because of one persons madness, a poor family is vanished. RIP

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Bryan, Bahrain

R.I.P, Prakash, Sumitra and Srushti, The driver ran because he was driving intoxicated, public should burn the car...

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John DSouza, Belman

Lack of public transport facilities and the confused mindset of people is the prime cause of tragedy and loss of young lives on roads.

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P.Dsouza, Kinnigoli

Poor family is killed by this menace of so called high end vehicles road Drama.

How often we see these Dusters, Innovas and so called high end vehicles speeding by violating the the basic traffic rules.

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avinash, ksd/bluru

Very sad incident. May their atma get moksha.

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mohammad, ullal

MAY GOD REST SOUL IN PEACE

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HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

Sad indeed, may the departed souls rest in peace.

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Sanjay, hebri

Instead of trying to help the injured the driver runs away.... It is just a shame to humanity....

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Abbas munchoor, Bahrain

My heart felt Condolences to the bereaved Families.MAY GOD REST SOUL IN PEACE

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praveen, mangalore

Very sad...RIP... pls dont play with others life.

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Pai, karla/Dubai

Please punish the car driver and sentence him to death. #RIP innocent family

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KRPrabhu, B'luru

Car driver should be lynched.....for ending the life an innocent poor family........

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