Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (NM)

Mangalore, Apr 16: Two persons including a child died and two others sustained injuries in a serial accident that took place at Gurpur here on Wednesday April 16.

The deceased have been identified as two-and-a-half-year-old Harshita and Babu (18).

A woman identified as Jaswinder (32) was seriously injured, while her husband Deepak (40) is said to be out of danger. Harshita was their child.

It is said that Deepak from Delhi was deployed at Mangalore airport circle. His Pulsar bike, bearing Uttarakhand registration number (UK08N7308), too carries the police sticker. It is learnt that he had brought his family from Delhi to the city and they stayed in a rented house near Kenjar.

The accident took place when a recklessly driven tipper lorry rammed into a Bolero and the police bike, before running over Babu, a pedestrian. Deepak was riding the bike while Jaswinder was sitting pillion with Harshita.

Eyewitnesses said that at Gurpur junction, a bus hired for election duty was trying to take reverse from a bylane. The Bolero moving from Gurpur highway from Kaikamba came to a halt to give space for the bus to take reverse. The Pulsar bike too stopped near the Bolero to wait for the bus to take reverse.

Meanwhile, a sand laden tipper lorry driven recklessly at a high speed came at them and rammed head-on into the Bolero and ran over the bike and then into Babu, killing him and Harshita on the spot.

Despite causing such horror, the driver of the lorry sped away in his vehicle without stopping. The locals who grew angry at the sight chased him down, caught him near Vamanjoor and handed him over to Bajpe police.

A case has been registered in Bajpe police station.