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Udupi: 13 injured as truck rams into bus at Muloor

  •   Fri, Jul 08 2016 10:50:54 PM

Inchara Udupi
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (RJP)

Udupi, Jul 8: In an accident that took place between a bus and truck at Muloor near Sunni centre on Friday July 8, as many as 13 persons have been injured.

Bus passengers Vinod Anchan (36), Sangeetha Manchakal (26), Pooja Adamaru (19), Swathi Adamaru (18), Sandyalatha Shankarapura (26), Reshma Mudarangady (26), Shammilatha Shankarapura (33), Praveen Mudarangady (36), Chayashree Paniyuru (18), Rajkumar Padubidri (35), Nireeksha Yermal (17), Mohammed Asif (26) and the truck driver are the persons injured.

The bus had stopped for the passengers to get down when the truck hit it from behind. The rear side of the bus and front side of the truck were completely damaged.

Traffic on NH 66 was disrupted due to the accident and the police who arrived at the accident spot, helped to restore the vehicular movement. Eyes witnesses blamed the reckless driving of the truck driver as the reason for the accident.

Kaup police have registered a case.

The truck laden with a cement mixing machine belonged to Navayuga company which is engaged in the highway work. Locals said that the driver might have applied the brakes but the truck did not stop as it was very old. They also said that contractors are using old trucks and tippers for highway work and the police should stop this practice.
  

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  • Madhava, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 10 2016

    I travel on this highway frequently. I have seen the buses drive as if they are riding some 2 wheeler. Changing lanes without signal and abruptly. Stopping in the right lane and then suddenly turning left to pickup passengers. Merging without looking at vehicles fron behind or right. Buses are a menace. I agree they are vital for commute to many people but at the same time they should drive properly.

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  • Kusuma Kumari G , Kodyadka

    Sat, Jul 09 2016

    We have better highway now but more accidents. I feel the cause is reckless drivers who have no sense/. Trqaffic police must do regular checking and punish the offenders

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  • ABDULLAH, KUDROLI MANGALORE

    Sat, Jul 09 2016

    THE Reason of accident is not only truck driver but also the bus driver, who stops the bus in middle. after hitting the bus has gone for side. but before driver has stopped the bus in middle only, u can get it clear by seeing the image of truck where it stands.

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  • Vincent Pinto & Fly, Neerude/Vikhroli Mumbai

    Sat, Jul 09 2016

    Why there are no passenger pickup ramps on highways!!!! Highways are for driving and not for picking passengers. Learn some thing from other countries while planning the projects rather than just throwing tax payers money. It is clear none of the policy makers are learning from foreign trips, just going on foreign trips for fun again using our money.

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  • rajesh, mulky

    Sat, Jul 09 2016

    Vincent we are in a hurry to catch up with other nations so we build highways but sadly we miss out on safety issues...because our politicians as well as general public give least importance to human life...

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  • Rakesh Dsouza, Mangalore

    Sat, Jul 09 2016

    This is due to the poor planning by NHAI. If the bus stop to pick/ passengers on Road what the truck driver can do. ? Our super trained bus drivers or any drivers on Road use the hazard lights while stopping on the road. I have faced this kind of similar situations while driving on our highways. Neither NHAI nor RTO are bothered to make the road safer and we Indians never follow the traffic rules unless the authorities force us.

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  • JNB, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 08 2016

    QU:'The bus had stopped for the passengers to get down when the truck hit it from behind.'
    UQ:
    Did the bus stopped middle of the road later moved to side? since truck can be seen middle of the road?
    mostly bus drivers stop in middle of the road without giving any value for passengers life, priority is earning some bucks faster at the cost of ordinary peoples life.

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  • RAJESH, MULKY

    Fri, Jul 08 2016

    It is high time private busses are taken off our roads.(SORRY OWNERS YOU AND YOUR DRIVERS CAN NOT LIVE ANY LONGER ON OUR BLOOD)Just now I got a call from my wife who was travelling from Mangalore to MULKY and the driver was driving at high speed breaking rules even while overtaking.After she got down at Mulky the same bus hit a bike at Bappanadu ..Looks like 2 or 3 people have lost their life..

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  • jl, mumbai

    Mon, Jul 11 2016

    when your wife was in bus why did she not tell the driver to slow down along with other passengers. today somebody else has lost life tomorrow or own might be on the road.

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