Udupi: Cars collide at midnight - Youth killed, six injured

Inchara Udupi
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Apr 30: An accident which occurred in the wee hours of Monday April 29, took away the life of a youth identified as Shamit Shetty (27), son of Jayaram Shetty and Kushala Shetty from Mala village in Karkala taluk.

The tragedy occurred at Muloor on national highway 66 near Kaup, when an Innova car and a Maruti Alto car collided head-on. Shamit was returning to Kaup with his relatives after taking part in a religious programme at Inna, when the accident occurred. While the Alto was coming to Kaup from Inna, the Innova was moving towards Mulky from Brahmavar. At around 1 am, the driver of Innova car lost control of his vehicle, resulting in the accident.

Harish Shetty (32), his wife, Pratibha Shetty (28), child, Prapti (1), and relatives, Preetesh (15) and Nidhi (5), who were travelling in Alto car suffered injuries. Antony, who was driving Innova car, alsowas injured. All of them were admitted into a private hospital in Udupi.

BJP candidate from Kaup constituency, Lalaji R Mendon, who was returning by that way after campaigning, saw the injured persons in need of urgent help, and arranged for shifting them to Udupi in his own vehicle. He also ensured that all of them got medical attention immediately, it is learnt.

There were allegations that the policemen neither received the calls nor came to the spot of the accident. But the police sources said their telephone connection had got severed on account of lighting that day.

A case stands registered in Kaup police station. Shamit Shetty was operating a poultry farm in Mala. He is survived by parents, a brother and a sister.