Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network-Kundapur (RJP)
Kundapur, May 1: As a result of an accident that took place between two cars at Maravanthe, one person died and 9 persons sustained injuries out of which 5 are serious.
Dhana Pandian (37) from Tamil Nadu is the person deceased. He was driving the Alto car.
As per details, the Swift car from Goa was returning after visiting Mangaluru. Alto car belonging to Tamil Nadu was going towards Udupi from Byndoor. When both the cars were at Maravanthe, they collided head-on where IRB Company was doing some road work. Narrow path due to road work and high speed of both vehicles have been cited as the reasons for the accident.
5 persons from Alto car sustained serious injuries while 4 persons from Swift car sustained minor injuries.