Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur
Puttur, Nov 2: In a tragic incident, a nine-year-old child died after a car rammed into pedestrians near Darbe bypass here on Monday November 2.
The car, with Kerala registration number, dashed into two children and a woman who were walking along the side of the road.
Their identities are yet to be ascertained.
The Swift car was moving from Mangaluru towards Sullia. After ramming into the woman and the children, the car hit another car that was approaching from the opposite direction.
The two children sustained grievous injuries while the woman suffered minor bruises.
The injured were rushed to a private hospital in Puttur. However, the nine-year-old child could not be saved.
The other child has been shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru for further treatement, while the woman is being treated at a private hospital in Puttur.