Inchara Udupi
Daijiworld Media Network- Udupi (RJP)
Udupi, Nov 13: In a very tragic incident, a car hit a woman and her child waiting for bus at Pangala near Kaup on Mangaluru-Udupi highway on Sunday, November 13.
Pushpalatha (43), wife of Niranjan from Innanje Pangala and their son Thaksh (3) are the deceased.
The accident happened when Pushpalatha, an Anganwady teacher from Innanje School, was waiting for bus with her son to go to her mother’s house in Malpe.
The Maruti Swift car which was coming from Mangaluru, lost control of the driver, and hit the board near the bus stop and then moved over the mother and son. As an impact, when the mother was thrown out, the son got trapped inside the car.
The locals took the duo to hospital, but the doctors said that the mother and son were brought dead.
Local MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake visited the hospital and consoled the family. He also made sure that post-mortem procedure was done without any delay and he remained till the dead bodies were handed over to relatives.
Kaup police have registered a case.