Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (MS)
Kundapur, Aug 23: In an accident that occurred on the late night of Wednesday, August 22, near the Thekkatte petrol pump on NH 66, a truck carrying palm oil packets overturned after a bus, which was trying to overtake the truck, collided with it.
The driver of the truck got away with minor injuries but the palm oil packets that were in the truck spilled all over the road causing a loss of several lac rupees.
The private bus that was plying from Mangaluru to Hubballi, hit the truck from behind, in a bid to overtake, that was transporting the palm oil belonging to a private company of Hubballi. While the truck overturned due to the impact, the bus hit a nearby electric pole.
The passengers of the bus got enraged over the bus operator, who did not make alternative arrangement for their journey. Kota police arrived at the spot and conducted the preliminary investigation.
The packets of palm oil that spilled over the road literally disappeared by the morning of Thursday, August 23, as the locals took the boxes to their homes