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Mangaluru: Speeding truck hits scooter at Nanthoor junction, two killed

  •   Sat, Mar 18 2023 12:34:15 PM

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Mar 18: In a tragic incident, two people were killed in a road accident at Nanthoor junction on Saturday, March 18.

The deceased are identified as Samuel Jesudas (66) and his relative Bhoomika (17). 

The accident took place at around 12.15 pm. 

Satish Gowda, the driver of truck was approaching Nanthoor circle junction from Pumpwell driving the vehicle in a negligent manner when he collided with a scooter.

 

 

 

 

 

As the truck hit the scooter, both Samuel and Bhoomika fell on the road and the wheels of the tipper passed on their heads. Though they were rushed to Wenlock hospital, the doctor declared them brought dead. 

A case in this connection is registered in traffic east police station.  

Angry public at the spot thrashed the driver of the truck.

The traffic movement was disrupted for some time which was cleared by the police later. 

 

 

 
  

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  • Premlal Suares, Kallianpur

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    I respected all persons. Only thing I can say don't put advertisements and any banner of roadside. You know driver sight directly go to advertisements while driving time. Also respect all drivers while driving time. Because they al have family members. And while we driving we use common sense. Don't rashes, computation with their driving and follow the rules regulations on RTO. Don't blame anybody. Safe driving is very important of human life. So herby I request you all please drive safely.

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  • Deric, Bangalore/Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    Trafic signals in Mangalore are not activated. Everyday there will be a chaos at signals/roundabout. Very difficult to look around and drive as vehicles come in all directions.

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    Sir, I think that if the Traffic signals started to operate or new signals installed, the city and service buses can't keep up their timings. That may be a lobby.

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  • Des Lewis, Dubai /Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    I have been driving for the past 23 years in Dubai and never had an accident ,India and most parts of the world and have noticed that scooters /bikers have a very haphazard way of riding in Mangalore. There is absolutely no consideration for cars and trucks here in Mangalore. I have seen very old people riding activas at 20 kmph on the fast lane and refuse to give way to bus,cars or trucks even on the highway. I understand that Mangalore roads are not the best but please people use your mirrors and common sense when riding/driving here or any part of the world. Truck drivers usually can't see a scooter/bike or small car because of the height difference. But I have seen scooters ,bikes and small cars stick close to trucks and buses in Mangalore. Also truck drivers drive long distances and are frustrated and fatigued and can cause errors in judgement. If people drive the way they drive in Mangalore in Dubai , 100% their licenses will be suspended for sure.

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  • Sushanth, Mangalore

    Mon, Mar 20 2023

    I had visited Dubai for just 1 month and had seen atleast 3-4 accident and obviously they weren't small accidents. So I guess it's easy to point out things sitting outside. But again, that's your opinion.

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  • GURKA, Mangaluru

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    Cancell the license of driver

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  • Rohith, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    Nalin Anna still busy doing communal politics, if he had focussed on development and built proper flyovers on time, we could have avoided this.

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  • Beowulf, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    Our roads were designed so bad that its luck that's keeping you agile each day. I could point out at least 10 locations in our surathkal - bc road highway. 1. If you are travelling towards udupi, after sadhanand restaurant, vehicle come on the wrong side of the road. This could be only explained by sheer stupidity. 2. When joining the road if we have to travel from mrpl road towards mangalore, I have to drive on the wrong side of the road. After which I would have to join the right track by joining the main left side track, where I have no idea what's coming on that road. A death trap for sure. 3. Hosabettu divider path. This is another death trap. 4. Kulai junction. Who designs a junction on a highway, anyways another death trap. 5. Baikampady. Just before the town, there is a cut in the divider for vechles to turn. Another death trap. 6. Rail way bridge. On the mangalore surathkal track the road narrows, so another death trap. 7. Recently I have seen cattle crossing signs on the stretch that covers industrial zone and the port. What were the authorities thinking? Where are the hindu groups that at so caring about cattle? Cant you people at least arrange to take them to gowshalas? 8. Kotarra junction. I kid you not, there is a lane marking for the vehicle to drive on the opposite side of the road. 9. Ramp to join the service road near dmart. We need to slow down the vehicle so abruptly that there is a scope for rear end collision. 10. KPT junction. Roundabouts are the kryptonite for indian people. Their brain goes offline just by looking at them. 11. Padua junction. Only thing that can explain it is that we have brilliant people designing our roads. 12. Nantoor. Like I said before roundabouts are kryptonite of us indians. What gets me more flabbergasted is the out traffic police directing the vehicles ( which should not be needed in the first place, if we had little brains) literally dont know what they are doing. Some times they let all the traffic in.

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  • Satish, Kudla

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    You write a lot and all are valid to be agreed by any readers, Even I agreed with these points. But still you didn't left hindu, goshala and cattle which is in your dirty political brain.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    Do you know how many innocent people lose their lives in accidents caused directly by stray cattle and other animals wandering especially on highways and critical points?? Stray animals have become life threatening to humans!!

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  • Antony, Padil

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    What were traffic police doing?

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  • Mangalorean, Mangalore

    Mon, Mar 20 2023

    Stopping two-wheelers near Westline Signature.

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  • Abc, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Waited for long for the bridge,until now not a single politician came forward to speak regarding the bridge,Next time while voting,kindly vote for the right candidate,those who disagree cannot do anything for their thinking.

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  • Dylan, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    This time vote for 10 kg rice...

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  • Sense_shetty, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    How such a huge truck can be "speeding" .

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  • Deshbhakt, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    The truck was neither speeding nor hit the scooter. From the first pic itself it's clear that the truck was on right place and angle, but the scooter seems to be taking right turn from left track. If the truck had hit it, it would have fallen to left, not come under the wheels

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  • Joel, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    Its a blind spot accident case. But its the fault of both sides, when will people learn that driving two wheelers on highways is very risky.

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  • vijay, mangaluru

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    RIP . The point to be noted here is that today the streets and juntions were very busy and crowede as the school exams are going on and the school left the students at about 12:00 afternoon and not only that jucnction all the cicles specially navbharat circle ihave seen today no traffic police and people are making ways in that rush .The schools like canara,aloysius and sharada all the students after the exam are waiting for thie parents and the parednts come in hurry and bla bla .. . These traffic police are busy in milagres ,hampankatta, clock tower srinivas hotel and other places doing thier collection .is this that very necessary during the peak hours. the roads are made broder but only for the car to park both the sides .where is the tow . Comming to the point Nanthoor circle why always a problem .controll the movements of these heavy traffic during peak hours ok i can understan its highway then waht speed this truck driver was driving specially in that junction were the speed in that crowd shoul be a snail movement . Traffic police not one, two, or three, always there in that circle . why not they controlled the movements of vehicle . is there any solution let them take the ideas from experts and implement it soon .how many lives more....

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  • Lawrence, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    This time vote for one who promises a flyover at Nanthoor. Forget all other promises.

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  • Beowulf, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    All of us have a short term memory

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  • Eva, Kirem

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Nanthoor is a death trap spot everyone knows. Please traffic is police it is your job to mann traffic. Also there are some scientific faulty roads at this junction.How many young orecious lives are lost and how many accused went into depression?

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  • Jovita, Manglore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    It is a problem of a truck driver might be but along with that the politicians and political parties firstly the long distance heavy trucks are not supposed to cross circle but they should be directly flown thru over bridge .disgusting road facility we have in manglore and no trafic rules no traffic lights

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  • Ozy, Surathkal

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Such an important and busy junction is without flyover or underpass. Asking votes in the names of God and killing them.

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  • Uzra, Nantoor Mangaluru

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    All the truck drivers in Mangaluru need to be put behind bars. Everyday the transport buses and trucks cause a lot of panic and hinderence on the roads of mangalore. The police do not stop or even tell them not to overspend. Each and everyday I drive on the roads of mangalore and fear an accident. Each and every driver of bus and truck has to overtake and almost hit us every time. It is a panic attack everyday. ITS NOT AT ALL SURPRISING THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN. The traffic police should be on alert at least now. But as I was driving after this accident took place still police have not learnt to stop these idiotic drivers from driving so very very rashly. When I came from Bangalore few months back and had to reside here everything in mangalore is good except the driving sense of big vehicles. We had to keep our two wheelers locked and four wheel also is at risk when we r driving

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  • Vinaya, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Why can’t they put signal on NANTHUR junction. So many accidents and deaths happening in this junction. Why our BJP minister Nalin Kumar take initiative for installing signal in this junction.?? This time before voting any party please think wisely.

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  • Olin, Padil

    Sun, Mar 19 2023

    Please dear Don't say like that. Those police are jobless without the signal they do some crap job of acting to maintain traffic. With the signal in place they will simply have to act busy. Have mercy on them.

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  • Ashh, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Two wheelers increasing in the city.. Seven 2 wheeler accident I have seen in 1 hour on my way to hampanakatta. Roads are narrow..Trucks or buses can't go on their path. Sometimes reckless driving of the heavy vehicle drivers and sometimes 2 wheelers carelessness. Before blaming potical parties' let's all mangalorean find out solutions. Recently we have lost our family child so that agony can't forget. May almighty protect n save life..

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  • Santosh, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    IF Nalin Anna built flyover in Nanthoor five years ago, these people may still be alive today. So, I definitely blame the Administration for the lack of planning and safe infrastructure.

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  • Rajeev Shetty., Udupi.

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Government of karnataka is fooling public, Naline SLEEPING..

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  • Rama, USA

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Smart if city with dumb traffic. The only way to fixit is to sue the city and police for wrongful deaths. Nanthoor junction was such a mess. Smart city people put some traffic lights and direct the traffic. Redirecting highway traffic is also a good idea. Innocent lives were lost because of inaction by police and city.

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  • Deepak, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    These elected politicians are not bothered about this circle. Many people lost their lives here but no action taken and our no smart engineers in our smart city project office. WHY DONT BEGIN FLYOVER FROM PADUA SCHOOL AND END UP OPPOSITE SANDESHA FOR DIRECT PASSING VEHICLES? AND SIGNAL FOR VEHICLES PASSING UNDER from kulshekar to kadri . so we can avoid loosing lives of innocent people.

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  • Manoj, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    These colourful flags and other display boards are disturbing the traffic. Government have to take strict step to avoid any political and religious decorations in public places.

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  • Lambert, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Nanthoor, Flyover cannot be constructed due to what reasons. Padil or somewhere they provided underpass. Let them use ferry to transport vehicles free of cost during Monsoon season. Sorry to say all qualified Mangalorean's are leaving their born city after completing studies and getting high ranks. That's why gujjus,bayyas etc. from the North Indian areas are coming to our region to spread .................?

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  • Sahad TD, Falnir

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    I was in the accident spot from the exact minute the accident took place. That junction needs permanent solution. just last month also one husband and wife lost life. And regarding thrashing the driver, when we went to stop the public started hitting us back too. You think the driver purposely did it ? Such a foolish illiterate public. They are worried about the two lives lost there and they were in plan of killing the driver too. If it had happened by the private bus, it makes sense because they do this racing competition on road. But least are the police bothered because they are only there to collect fines from vehicles because their number plate is faulty and some stupid reasons. We need a permanent solution for nanthoor junction road and traffic management.

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  • Sandy, Udupi

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Wasn’t it our local MP who said not to bother about civic issues and focus more on issues of communal colour? Nanthoor and other junctions along the so called “highway “ 66 will be like that only for few more years and few more lives lost

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  • Eva, Kirem

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Mr. Sahad i agree with you. What after accident...imagine tge life of accused. With guilt he has to live.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    This Smart City can clearly boast of the highest number of two wheeler accidents in the country considering it's population and road density! It should be a matter of big disrepute to the traffic police who are not able to control a small junction like this? Since how long this has been going on and how many innocent people have lost their lives, but no concrete action taken to solve the problem; shame on them!!

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  • Godwin, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Next year our MP will plan for foundation stone for flyover by inviting PM. The flyover might be constructed in next 10 years. The simple kuloor bridge is pending since couple of years and waiting to be completed just before the next MP election. These politicians are just for the sake of election and 40% and communal. They don't care about common people life, else flyover could be in reality long time ago

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    I can call that area "SMART CITY KILLER JUNCTION " Till now how many people died in that killer Junction???. Our DC, POLICE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT,,POLICE COMMISSIONER, MP AND MLA are responsible for this. If these persons can't control one junction means, what duty they are doing. First of all our Traffic Police must book and arrest those ministers and politicians who are going in such a speed violating Traffic rules, then only this system can be controlled by our traffic Police .No use of giving any suggestions, All are illiterate and uneducated Government staff.

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  • Deepak, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Worst junction,it should be named as killer junction,when i reach there I pray God let truck drivers don't come behind me. So many accidents daily in that junction.are the elected people dumb and deaf. Need permanent solution.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Speed limit for trucks should be fixed at 60 Kmph ...

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  • KRISHNA SHENOY, moodbidri/mumbai

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    The twin district people careless while driving and they dont use common sense too while driveing ..The precious life losts every now and then in this district ..So sad ..

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  • Suresh, Kinnigoli

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Driving in India is like sitting on Yama’s vehicle , anytime you will be called up ..vehicle safety is five star , traffic safety is zero what is the use of vehicle safety .. once Qatar said that we never collaborated with jet airways as the county where it’s coming from as zero traffic rules ..

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  • Deshbhakt, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Why thrash the truck driver ? Is he responsible for every road-users life ? They got under is front wheels from left side. Even the police explain that the driver can't see that edge from his seat

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  • Nishanth M, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    No City in the world has a cursed junction as Nantoor. The public simply vote for the same party again & again. The biggest losers are Mangaloreans!

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  • Dylan, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Get well soon guys

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  • NM Prabhu, KIREM/Dubai

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Keep voting for the double eng 40%

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  • Karan rao, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Kuch bhi???

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  • John Tauro, M'lore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Construction of flyovers along the highway was initiated by single engine in the first decade of 2000. Frequent accidents had been taking place in this spot since the beginning of 1990s or earlier. I remember deaths have occurred even with the collusion of 2 bikes in this junction. So the single engine should have first constructed flyover at this junction when the volume of traffic started increasing in the city. Instead they started construction at places where flyovers were not actually necessary such as Surathkal, Kulur and BC Road. Perhaps the stakes had been lucrative in such spots. And now the double engines are in a quagmire when it comes to releasing funds (minus 40%) for completion.

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  • Mbeary, Dxb

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    6 months bak aathish shetty died a few metred from this circle. I hope that some of the highly educated mangaloreans who vote out of hatred are haunted by aathish shetty's mothers claim about bjp and vote precisely for development.

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  • Mohammed ansar, UDYAVARA

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Some comments here relating to politics. Dear this is an accident nothing to do with politics. Doesn't make any sense. Except praying for the deceased family. In this case father and daughter passed away. Imagine the pain of the family. Oh god give courage and strength to digest this big loss to family members.

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  • Mangalorean, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Most of the post here are politically colored and not "JUST AN ACCIDENT" News as it's failure of administration to resolve the ever increasing accidents and bottleneck of traffic at Nanthoor. A simple 1km flyover at next junction (pumpwell) took a decade with faulty and shady work. Kuloor bridge is in limbo....so on. I don't know how many lives have to be lost before an actually smart solution comes up. I avoid Nanthoor as much as possible for my commute either i take a longer kankanady- pumpwell- padil- kulshekar route or KPT-Bondel vamanjoor route. And i suggest same for others too

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  • Mbeary, Dxb

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    @ansar. Sir, with due respect. It is definitely a political and administrative failure. Why else that no action is still taken to solve the issue of the most prone accident and congested zone of mangalore. Utter failure of local politician. How is it that such people are voted again and again? Becoz as he has also requested, people have to vote to save themselves from non existent love jihad it seems. When such people are voted for such hatred causes, then how can public ask for accountability over development cause.

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  • Sameer, Riyadh

    Sat, Mar 18 2023

    Very sad. I was about to buy an apartment in Nanthoor. Just backtracked looking at the traffic. No free right or left turns to reduce the congestion. No flyover plans. 40% sarkar in 'ghor nidra avasta'. If it was something to with Hijab and issues related to minorities all MP's, MLA's and the useless cheddis will be on the forefront giving 3rd class comments. No temporary plan, no permanent plan. Stop heavy vehicles playing to other states during the day time. That is the least the traffic police can do.

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