A truck that went off the road near Narahari Bettu in Mangalore on Monday.
The movement of vehicles on the Bangalore-Mangalore
National Highway was affected on Monday following an accident between a
container lorry and a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus
near Narahari Betta. The accident gave anxious moments to officials as
Chief Minsiter B.S. Yeddyurappa was to pass by that spot.
According
to bus driver C. Ram, the container lorry was going towards Bangalore
while he was coming towards Mangalore. Around 2 p.m., the speeding lorry
applied brakes at a slope. This turned the bus towards left. The
container hit the rear end of the bus. The container also hit an
autorickshaw that was parked by the roadside. The lorry driver fled the
spot, Mr. Ram said.
Blocked
This
accident blocked the movement of traffic on the highway for an hour.
The Chief Minister was to pass through the stretch and reach Mangalore.
The Bantwal town police rushed to the spot and regulated the movement of
traffic.
“We had to stop vehicles from one direction
and allow traffic from the opposite direction,” said Superintendent of
Police Labhu Ram. Mr. Ram said the accident did not affect the movement
of Chief Minister's convoy.
Killed in accident
Two
persons were killed in separate accidents that occurred on Sunday. A
45-year-old driver of Railway Mail Service was killed after the vehicle
hit Kulur bridge on Sunday evening. The Panambur police said Ramakrishna
(45), the RMS van driver was returning to the city after collecting
mails from Baikampady. He lost control over the vehicle and hit the
bridge wall. Ramakrishna died on the spot, the police said.
Mahendra,
25, was killed after the motorcycle he was riding hit another
motorcycle in Lingappayya kadu near Karnadu village in Mulky police
station limits.
The Mulky police said Mahendra and
his friend Lalith, who was riding pillion, were coming from Mulky
towards Lingappayya Kadu. Their motorcycle was hit by the motorcycle
coming from the opposite direction. Mahendra and Lalith were taken to a
private hospital where the former succumbed to injuries. The police are
searching for the rider of the motorcycle that hit Mahendra's
motorcycle.
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