Silvester D' Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, Jun 17: A huge goods laden lorry broke the mini bridge wall near Hemmady Moovathumudi and fell in the rivulet below on Thursday night, June 16.
The speeding lorry hit the light pole behind the bridge, snapped the electric cables, hit the bridge wall and toppled in the rivulet. The left side wall of the bridge has been completely destroyed.
The lorry was driven by Jagadish. Conductor Kamal and cleaner Pal Bahadur too were in it. The locals pulled them out and got them admitted n Kundapur hospital after calling ‘108’ ambulance.
Usually locals are seen catching fish with fishing rods at the place of the accident. Fortunately there was nobody at that place at the time of the accident averting a major disaster.
A case has been registered in Kundapur traffic police station. The lorry was plying to Delhi from Mangaluru.