Kundapur: Accident on NH 66 claims man's life, wife injured
Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur
Kundapur, Apr 5: An accident involving a bike, a tempo and a lorry on NH 66 claimed a man's life here on Friday April 5.
The deceased has been identified as Devaraj Devadiga (28), son of Manju Devadiga and resident of Padukone.
The accident occured at around 5.30 pm opposite KSRTC bus depot.
Devaraj and his wife Shailaja were on their way by bike from Kokkarne to Padukone. As the approached KSRTC bus depot, an Eicher tempo hit their bike.
The impact was such that the bike skid and Devraj and Shailaja fell on the road. Just then, a lorry that was behind the bike ran over Devraj killing him on the spot.
Shailaja luckily escaped with minor injuries. She was rushed to Chinmayee hospital. She hails from Kokkarne.
It is said that Devaraj had married Shailaja recently.
Traffic was affected for sometime due to the accident.
Circle inspector Manjunath Kauri, SI Jayaram D Gauda, traffic SI Imran and other police personnel arrived at the spot.
A case has been registered in the traffic police station.
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Daya, Mangalore
Sat, Apr 06 2013Now a days , we see daily bike accidents in news paper , I think bike is most dangerous . And in coastal city traffic rules are zero.
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shri, mangalore
Sat, Apr 06 2013Thanks Daijee, I now see a lot of RTO officials on the road.......
"Collecting Money"?
or controlling traffic?
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AHMED YERMAL,
Fri, Apr 05 2013ban scooter bike cycle from the road that is only the last solutions for this type accidents
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Vincent, Mangalore
Fri, Apr 05 2013Sad as this case is, and without attempting to analyse the reasons behind this or any other specific accident involving motorbikes, it needs to be said that despite bikes being the most dangerous form of motorized transport, most bike riders ride as if they are in the greatest of hurry. They will swerve, cut in front of and try to squeeze into gaps at high speed in front of much larger vehicles. I sometimes get the feeling that Mangalore Bike Riders almost feel they are invincible and feel that nothing will happen to them. Sadly when it does they pay with their lives and cause a whole lot of grief to other road users who may unfortunately be involved in the mishap.
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Jossey Saldanha, Mangalore/Mapusa/Mumbai
Fri, Apr 05 2013Thanks Daijee, I now see a lot of RTO officials on the road.......
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