Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (EP)
Kasargod, May 2: An Omni van, that lost control of the driver, toppled in a place 35 feet below road, at Onibagilu, Badoor, Perla-Puthige road here on Thursday, May 2. A woman and her son, who were travelling in the vehicle, died on spot.
The deceased are identified Beefathimma(58) and her son Mohammed Sharif(38).
The incident happened at about 1.30 pm when the family was going for naming ceremony of the child of Mohammed Sharif’s wife’s brother at Mugu, Puthige. The van lost control of the driver at Onibagilu curve and toppled. Sharif’s wife Khairunnisa(28), and children Shamna(10) and Shahar Banu(6) who are serious injured in the accident, have been admitted to a hospital in Mangaluru. It is said that one of them is critically injured.
Local people who came rushing after hearing the thud struggled hard to pull out the victims of the accident from the mangled car. But two people had already died on the spot.
The dead bodies are kept in Kasargod general hospital mortuary. Those will be handed over to the family after postmortem. Badiadka station police have registered a case.
Abdul Sharif was working as cashier in a hotel in Mumbai. He had come just before Lok Sabha elections and was to return to Mumbai tomorrow.