Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)
Kundapur, Jan 16: In a cruel twist of fate, a youngster who was at an accident spot himself became a victim of another accident and lost his life.
An accident had occured at around 10.30 pm on Monday January 15 on Kundapur-Basrur road between a bus and car. A college student, Nitin Poojary (20), was one among the people watching the accident scene.
A Maruti Omni vehicle which came from the direction of the town at high speed that way, hit Nitin Poojary. Poojary sustained grievous injuries to his head. Although he was immediately admitted into a private hospital here, he did not respond to treatment. His end came early morning on Tuesday January 16.
Nitin was the son of Sanjeev Poojary, residing in Karanth House at Koni near here. He was a third year BCA degree course student of Bhandarkars College.
As soon as the accident happened near his home, he had rushed to the spot and was seeing what was going on. He was standing close to the road, and after he was hit by vehicle, he suffered profuse bleeding. He could not be saved in spite of best efforts of the doctors.
The driver of the Omni vehicle went missing after the accident. The vehicle has been confiscated by the police. Nitin was a brilliant student and a friendly person, it is gathered. Bhandarkars college declared a day's holiday on Tuesday in honour of the departed student, and hundreds of students gathered near the mortuary with moist eyes to have a last glimpse of their friend.
A case about the incident was registered in traffic police station here.