Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Feb 4: After the driver of a car lost control over it, the car moved menacingly before coming to a halt. In the bargain, it hit a car and a scooter. This incident happened in Chilimbi here on the evening of Thursday.

Two persons riding the scooter suffered injuries. The rider was treated and sent away while the woman was being treated. Owner of the car which caused the accident, Vivekananda Shenoy (65) who was driving the car, escaped without injuries.

Screengrab from CCTV footage

Vivekananda Shenoy's house is located at a height on Kotekani road adjacent to a steep road. At around 5 pm, he was waiting for his wife by the gate of his house when the car suddenly went down the slope and entered the main road. It hit a scooter moving on the main road before hitting a parked car and then came to a stop after hitting a protective wall. Two cars and a scooter were damaged.

The CCTV coverage gives the indication that the accident could have been very serious. However, there was lucky escape for the car driver as buses had moved away on the main road a fraction of a second before the car entered it. There could have been serious repercussions if Shenoy's wife was inside the car and if there were occupants in the parked car.

The police said that the failure on the part of the driver to apply brakes was apparently the reason for this accident.

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