by Michael Baptist
Daijiworld Media Network – Tumkur (SP)
Tumkur, Dec 17: After a Ford car in which the family of Jacinta Lobo (53) was travelling towards Sakleshpura from Bangalore was hit by a KSRTC bus near Kunigal in the district located about 70 kms away from Bangalore, at about 12.30 pm on Tuesday December 15. Jacinta was critically injured. She lost her life while being shifted to a hospital in Bangalore later.
Her husband, Victor Lobo and niece, Romila, who were with her in the car, sustained multiple injuries in the accident. They were admitted to Colombia Asia Hosital, Rajajinagar, Bangalore. Their condition is stated to be stable.
The funeral of Jacinta will take place at St Anthony’s Friary, Koramangala, Bangalore, at 3 pm on Thursday December 17.
Victor and Jacinta had earlier been living in the Gulf. Romila is on a month’s visit by availing holiday from her job in Australia. Jacinta is survived by two sons.
The newly laid road which meets national highway 48 near Kunigal where the above accident occurred, has witnessed several accidents of late, as vehicles moving at great speed fail to gauge that highway is approaching, as there are no road signs, marks or humps to caution the drivers to slow down their vehicles and tread carefully.