Mangalore: City Bus Knocks SCS Staff Nurse to Death - Students Block Road
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (TU)
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Mangalore, Oct 22: Students of SCS Nursing Institutions staged a protest by blocking the road at Bendorewell Circle after a staff nurse intern was killed in a road accident here on Wednesday October 22.
SCS student Febin Paul was on his way to the Hospital when a city bus knocked him down at Mother Theresa Convent Road. He died on the spot. He was a resident of Aluva in Ernakulam district in Kerala.
Accident led to protest by the students who blocked the road for half an hour against the reckless driving by the city bus drivers. They submitted memorandum to the district commissioner and superintendent of police to open Balmata-Bendorewell road for buses without delay and to depute sufficient police staff at the circle near Mother Theresa Convent to avoid accidents in future.
According to them, this is the third accident occurred at the same spot within a few days' gap. Students and staff of the SCS Hospital also asked the officials concerned to cancel the driving licence of the bus driver. A complaint has been filed in the Kadri police station in this regard.
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