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Kasargod: Four workers dead as lorry plunges into gorge

  •   Tue, Jan 28 2014 10:01:55 AM

Kasargod: Four workers dead as lorry plunges into gorge

Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (EP)

Kasargod, Jan 28: Four persons were killed when a borewell lorry fell into a gorge, after the driver lost control of the vehicle on Sunday January 26 night.

The accident occurred at Chittakar near Kanhangad.  Four workers from north India died in the accident and nine were injured.

The deceased are identified as Chhattisgarh natives Ramlal (19), Shambhu (20), Vaishak (20) and Rangaraju (19). 

The injured Bhaktaram, Bhoothsingh, lorry driver Palaniswamy of Tamil Nadu, Stalin, Tapamani, Sambram, Sooraj and others have been admitted to Pariyaram Medical College Hospital.  Three of them are said to be seriously injured.

The lorry was on its way from Cherupuzha to Malom for digging a borewell. When the lorry reached a slope at Alathadi, the driver is said to have lost control of the vehicle and it rolled down to about 150 feet into a roadside gorge.

The locals and the fire brigade personnel helped in the rescue operations.
  

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Wed, Jan 29 2014

    Vehicles have become more prone to accident in these days and many innocent lives are lost thereof.Sad to know that four workers died in Kasargod due to lorry plunges into the gorge.Let the soul of the dead be rest in eternal peace.Thanq.

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  • M.S, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 28 2014

    Feel very sad about the young boys...RIP

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