Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (SP)
Kasargod, Jun 22: Ten persons were injured, after cars in a motorcade accompanying Fr Basil Vaz, priest of Our Lady of Dolours Church, Bela near Kumble, hit each other at Naykap near here on Sunday June 21.
The priest had been transferred to Alangar near Moodbidri, and the parishioners of the church and wellwishers of the priest had accompanied the priest to bid him adieu on his transfer. When a vehicle tried to overtake the entourage of vehicles at Naykap, the cars, moving towards Mangalore, hit each other in a sudden turn of events.
The injured have been identified as Gracy (58) and Dulcina (50) from Mallaguri in Bela, Teresa D’Souza (44) and her student son, Wilson Franklin (10) from Kumaramangala, Primal D’Souza (18), a student from Bela Kattattangady, Fouline (40) from Bela, Lolita (20) from Kolambe, Shravya (11) and Prajata (15) besides their car driver, from Neerchal village. However, none of the injuries were serious, it is learnt.
Reportedly, a vehicle that was trying to overtake the procession was about to hit one of the cars moving in front, when the driver of the car, sensing danger, applied brake all of a sudden. The following vehicles, which were taken unawares, then collided with other.