Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Dec 6: In a collision between a private bus and an auto rickshaw which occurred at Bollur near Pakshikere on the evening of Monday, December 5, one person died, while six others suffered injuries.

The deceased happened to be Sadiq (35), a resident of Indiranagar. He had suffered grave injuries in the accident. Although he was shifted to a hospital and treated, his life could not be saved. The auto rickshaw was badly mangled in the accident.

The injured were Rita (32), her daughter, Disha (2), Umavathi (37), her son, Vaibhav (9), all of whom were seated in the ill-fated auto rickshaw, and Kasturi Poojary (34) and Renuka (28), who were travelling by the bus. All of them stand admitted into a private hospital.

All the injured were from Panja Ulya village. They were planning a visit to Thokur temple from the direction  of Pakshikere  on the occasion of annual Champa Shashti festival, when a bus, in an attempt to overtake another vehicle, reached the extreme right edge of the road and hit the autorickshaw coming from the opposite direction, it is gathered.

A case about the accident stands registered in the traffic police station at Suratkal.