Sullia: Celebrations Turn into Mourning as Groom, Four Others Die in Accident
Daijiworld Media Network – Sullia (SP)

Sullia, May 18: Mota alias Mohan Malekudiya (45), a resident of Handrelu House in Ballamanja in the taluk, who had married on Sunday May 16, and his relatives, Bommanna (55), Narayana (40), Parameshwari (50) and Annu (60) met a macabre death, as the jeep they were travelling in, got involved in an accident with a truck on Monday May 17.

The accident occurred at Anegundi bend near the town, where the road is narrow with steep elevation. The accident occurred in the afternoon on Monday. Bride Yamuna (45), jeep driver Narayana Gowda Marakada, Suresh, Jayaprakash, Ramanand (21) and Gayatri (10), were injured the accident. Narayana, Jayaprakash and Suresh are being treated in a hospital in Mangalore. While Ramanand suffered injuries to his head, the bride’s face bore the brunt of the impact, and the girl, Gayatri’s nose was injured.

Yamuna, daughter of Adtale Somaiah and Neelamma near Aramane in Arantodu in the taluk, was married to Mohan at Ballamanja school. The family of the groom along with the couple was moving to Arantodu to take part in the customary feast arranged for them at bride’s place.

The groom died on the spot while the others breathed their last at a hospital in Mangalore. It is learnt that ambulance could not be summoned immediately as the place is beyond the range of mobile towers.  A case has been registered against the lorry driver.

As both the families are poor, they were seen trying to get proper treatment at Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore. Relatives of other in-patients were seen extending a helping hand to the families. The condition of Suresh, Jayaprakash and Narayan Gowda, who are being treated in Wenlock Hospital, is stated to be serious.