Bantwal: Two Killed, Five Injured in Ghastly Road Mishap Near Mani
Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (RD)
Bantwal, Dec 7: Two persons died on the spot and five including two children were injured in a ghastly road mishap that occurred at Gadiyara, near Mani here on Mangalore-Bangalore national highway on Wednesday December 7.
The deceased have been identified as 25-year-old Abdul Rafiq, a resident of Nekkare-Alankar in Mardhala gram panchayat of Puttur taluk and 28-year-old Sajina Banu, a resident of Kollam in Kerala.
Their Omni car collided with an oncoming private bus while negotiating a steep curve at Gadiyara near Mani. A tanker that was behind the Omni also rammed into it.
Sajina’s husband, Abdul Aziz (28), their children Nasriya (7) and Nehala (4), relatives Yaqoob (30) and Hameed, residents of Mardhala were injured and admitted to a private hospital in Mangalore. Two of the injured are in critical condition, stated hospital sources.
Yaqoob, employed in Saudi Arabia, had recently returned to his native owing to illness. His brother Hameed and brother-in-law Abdul Rafiq were travelling in an Omni car to consult a doctor in Mangalore. Abdul Aziz, who is Yaqoob's colleague too, also arrived along with his wife Sajina to consult a doctor in Mangalore. The accident occured when they were returning to Yaqoob’s house in Mardhala.