Mohan Kuthar
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Oct 24: An 11-year-old girl studying in the fourth grade tragically lost her life in an accident involving an auto-rickshaw carrying schoolchildren and a pickup truck at Kallapade, Belma village, on Thursday October 24.
The deceased has been identified as Ayisha Wahiba (11), daughter of Mohammed B Monu and Munshia from Badakabailu. The auto-rickshaw was transporting children from Madaka to Netaji School, Deralakatte, when a speeding and negligent pickup truck collided with it near Kallapade. Ayisha, who sustained serious injuries, died on the way to the hospital. Four other students in the rickshaw suffered minor injuries, and the auto-rickshaw driver was also injured. All the injured were admitted to K S Hegde Hospital in Deralakatte.
Mangaluru south traffic police have registered a case, and Deralakatte Netaji Subhashchandra Bose Government Higher Primary School declared a holiday in memory of Ayisha.