Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (MS)

Udupi, Sep 4: A drunken driver injured a person and crashed his car onto two other vehicles at Manipal on the night of September 3.

Suhas is the accused against whom a complaint has been filed with Manipal police station. He had gone to a pub in Manipal with his friends Bharath, Naveen Kalyan and Nirmala and Kavana. After they consumed alcohol and came out of the pub, Suhas who sat at the driver’s seat took the car in reverse mode negligently. The car hit the leg of Ekanth, an employee of the pub. It also crashed on to two other vehicles in the parking lot.

All the youths are of Bengaluru and Shivamogga origin and are employees of an IT company in Bengaluru. They had come to Udupi to attend the marriage of a relative and then went to Barrel Pub to have liquor.

A Skoda and a Fortuner vehicle got badly damaged in this incident. Driver of the Fortuner Roshan filed a complaint with Manipal police station. Suhas, who caused the accident, has been taken into custody.

Manipal police are investigating further.