Kundapur: Six injured as bus smashes into auto, three critical
Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur
Kundapur, May 5: As many as six persons were critically injured after a private bus rammed into their auto riskshaw near Idoor, Kunjladi, at Kollur – Kundapur state highway on Friday May 4.
Rickshaw driver indentified as Sathish Shetty of Kotani village was ferrying passengers to Kollur temple when the accident took place.
Apart from Sathish, passengers Malathi Shetty, Kusuma Shetty, Sumathi Shetty and their children Hardik Shetty and Netravati Shetty, were injured. They are residents of Kadinakallu of Kunjladi.
A private bus belonging to Hanuman Transport Company rammed into the rickshaw from the rear end on Kollur – Kundapuara highway.
Driver Sathish, Malathi Shetty and Kusuma Shetty are said to be critically injured. All the injured were immediately rushed to Kumadapura private hospital. The completely damaged rickshaw indicated the severity of accident.
Kollur police have registered a case.