Inchara Udupi
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi
Udupi, Apr 27: One person died and two others were injured as a JCB placed on a tipper lorry came crashing down on their car. The incident took place on national highway 66 at Tenkar Garodi, Yermal near Padubidri here.
The deceased has been identified as Vittal Nayak (58).
Nayak and two others were travelling in a Swift Desire, driven by Nayak, when tipper lorry carrying a JCB, approaching from the opposite direction, rammed into their car, rolled over, and the JCB fell on it. The tipper was moving from Udupi toward Mangaluru.
The car was completely damaged, and it was initially assumed that there were casualties. The locals who rushed to the rescue of the car passengers put in hours of efforts to lift the tipper and the JCB off the car.
After two failed attempts, the locals finally managed to free the car and pull out the car driver and the other two passengers. They were rushed to hospital
Among the three, Nayak who sustained serious injuries passed away while other two are out of danger.
Following the accident, the national highway was blocked for nearly two-and-a-half hours.
Padubidri police arrived at the spot and registered a case.