Mangalore: Drunken Driving: Jeep Rams into Mini Bus - One Dead, Another Injured
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (JN/CN)
Mangalore, Nov 6: In a startling incident, an inebriated jeep driver, in his attempt to overtake a mini bus, hit pedestrian Sanjeev (55) in Shaktinagar on Sunday November 6.
It then collided with the mini bus which hit Yathish (15), another pedestrian. Losing control, the mini bus rammed into a wall beside the road.
Sanjeev was seriously injured and immediately taken to the nearby hospital, where he breathed his last.
Sanjeev Shetty was a tailor, and is survived by his wife and three children.
Yathish, who is studying in PUC, escaped with minor injuries and was treated in the hospital. Drivers of the jeep and the mini bus driver fled the scene.
Sources said that the mini-bus was heading towards Mudipu with a few passengers.
A case has been registered at the Kankanady police station.