Udupi: One killed, two injured as fish lorry hits parked truck at Udyavar


Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (UM)

Udupi, Apr 29: One person was killed and two others injured after a fish lorry rammed into a stationary truck on NH 66 at Udyavar here on Friday April 29.

The deceased has been identified as Gowdappa (51) and the injured are Kantharaju and Putturaju. All three hail from Holenarasipura of Hassan.

It is learnt that Gowdappa, Kantharaju and Puttaraju were transporting sugarcane in their truck, and after unloading, had parked their truck near Halima Sabju hall at Udyavar on the national highway.

Driver Gowdappa and the other two got down from the truck and were standing nearby when a fish lorry moving from Udupi to Mangaluru rammed into the parked truck from behind. Gowdappa came underneath the lorry wheels and was killed instantly, while the other two sustained minor injuries.

The injured were admitted to government hospital by social worker Nityananda Olakadu in his ambulance.

Following the accident, traffic was affected on the highway for sometime, especially due to wedding functions scheduled in Udyavar.

SP Annamalai visited the spot.

A case has been registered in Kaup police station.

  

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, UDUPI/ NEW YORK, USA.

    Sat, Apr 30 2016

    A very sad and unfortunate incident. May the soul of Gowdappa RIP and wish a speedy recovery of those injured in this accident. It was a good gesture as SP Annamalai visited the spot.

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  • Gerald Dsouza, Riyadh.

    Fri, Apr 29 2016

    It is very dangerous to park the vehicles on highway side.

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  • Vasant Raj, Abudhabi / Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 29 2016

    Very sad incident...at the same time, Mr. Nithyananda Volakadu doing very good job, by his free Ambulance service.

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  • George D'Souza, Karkala

    Fri, Apr 29 2016

    Hats off to S.P Annamali a real Officer always at service. He knows his duty and in dignified way deals with all the cases. Congratulations to you sir.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Apr 29 2016

    NHAI as usual forgot to construct Parking bays for trucks.
    RIP ...

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  • Dr Kusuma Kumari G (Chitti), Nellore/Kodyadka

    Fri, Apr 29 2016

    SP Annamali a champion. He reaches everywhere and overseas all operations, We need officers like this to run the police department and the nations security Jai Hind

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