Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Feb 6: Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy president Dayanand Kattalsar was injured in an accident. He has been hospitalised.
As per police sources, Kattalsar was moving in his car towards Nanthoor from Bikarnakatte at around 5.15 am on Saturday February 6, when his vehicle hit a fish truck coming from the opposite direction at Nanthoor Junction, without noticing the said vehicle which was coming from the direction of KPT.
Kattalsar escaped with minor injuries. As the air bags were activated, he escaped from suffering serious injuries. He was injured in the head, and is out of danger, sources said.
The truck driver said that he was on the way to Kerala with a load of fish. He said he is worried about the fish getting rotten if there is too much delay here. The police of the east traffic station reached the spot and undertook investigation.