Kundapur: Accident on NH 66 claims man's life, wife injured
Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur
Kundapur, Apr 5: An accident involving a bike, a tempo and a lorry on NH 66 claimed a man's life here on Friday April 5.
The deceased has been identified as Devaraj Devadiga (28), son of Manju Devadiga and resident of Padukone.
The accident occured at around 5.30 pm opposite KSRTC bus depot.
Devaraj and his wife Shailaja were on their way by bike from Kokkarne to Padukone. As the approached KSRTC bus depot, an Eicher tempo hit their bike.
The impact was such that the bike skid and Devraj and Shailaja fell on the road. Just then, a lorry that was behind the bike ran over Devraj killing him on the spot.
Shailaja luckily escaped with minor injuries. She was rushed to Chinmayee hospital. She hails from Kokkarne.
It is said that Devaraj had married Shailaja recently.
Traffic was affected for sometime due to the accident.
Circle inspector Manjunath Kauri, SI Jayaram D Gauda, traffic SI Imran and other police personnel arrived at the spot.
A case has been registered in the traffic police station.