Daijiworld Media Network - Kaup (SP)

Kaup, May 17: A woman died, and four others sustained injuries, after four vehicles collided with each other at Muloor downtown on national highway 66 near here on Thursday May 16 afternoon.

A Maruti Omni car that was heading to on the wrong side of the highway hit a Suzuki A-star car before hitting an auto rickshaw that was moving in front. The A-star car which went out of control hit another auto rickshaw. In the accident, all the four vehicles suffered damages.

Hafisabi (62) from Uchila Kolya who was travelling by one of the auto rickshaws, lost her life. Auto rickshaw drivers, Uday Kumar Kunjur and Abdul Razack Muloor, auto passenger, Guruvappa Poojary, and Rukia, a passenger of Maruti Omni vehicle, were injured. Those in the A-star car escaped with minor injuries.

Both Abdul Razack and Guruvappa Poojary suffered serious damage too their legs. One of the rickshaws involved with this accident fell across the highway while the A-star car went out of its driver's control, jumped off the highway and got deposited into the drain.

In separate complaints lodged with the police here, drivers of other vehicles accused Nazeem, driver of Omni van, of causing the accident by driving on the wrong side. Kaup police went to the spot and registered the case.

People said accidents are caused at Muloor frequently because of the absence of service roads. As there are no service roads, the vehicles have to take a detour, reach Koppalangady and then take a U-turn to move towards Mangaluru. To avoid such long journey, vehicles which come from Muloor fisheries road try to move on the wrong side of the highway so that they can cross the divider at Uchila which is nearby.