Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (DV)
Puttur, May 18: Five persons were seriously injured in an accident involving three vehicles at Mukrampady here on Monday May 18.
The accident took place between two Eicher tempos and a bus. Following the accident, traffic on Sullia-Puttur highway was affected for more than an hour.
It is learnt that the driver of the bus moving from Puttur to Pallathur applied sudden brakes at Mukrampady, and an Eicher tempo carrying scrap which was behind the bus just missed hitting it. However, another tempo laden with gravel stones, which was behind the other tempo, hit it and as a result, the first tempo rammed into the bus.
The tempo laden with stones was said to be moving at a high speed.
Though the bus was not damaged much, the front portions of both the tempos were smashed.
Five persons in the two tempos got trapped inside, and a JCB had to be used to rescue them. All five were admitted to a private hospital with grievous injuries. Their identities are not yet known.
The three vehicles were cleared with the help of the JCB. Local auto rickshaw drivers helped in the rescue efforts. "Sadly, many of the locals were busy clicking photos of the incident instead of helping the injured," said the auto drivers.
The traffic was affected for more than an hour, with vehicles on either ends of the road stuck in a gridlock for as far as one km.