Belthangady: A bolero vehicle fell into 60 feet ravine when its driver lost control over it near Charmadi Ghat here on last night.

Three out of nine persons traveling in the Mahindra vehicle have been severely injured and hospitalized in a private hospital. The accident occurred when nine persons including four children were going from Koppal to Dharmasthala.

The injured have been identified as driver Shreedhar (38), Sharanappa (34), Tejaswini (9); all residents of Karatgi.

Travellers in another car, which came after the Bolero, observed the accident and rescued the trapped people. The vehicle belonging to Mundaji gram panchayat member Abdul Azeez turned as an ambulance for the injured. Hakeem Kajur, Basheer, Hameed Ujire and Umar Mundaje, who were also traveling with Abdul Azeez, moved accident victims out of the vehicle with the help of a rope and escorted them to hospital.

The Bolero vehicle is wholly damaged after falling in 60 feet gorge.

Dharmasthala police have registered a case, and the investigation is on.

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New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI): Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 12 runs in their IPL match here on Sunday.

Sent in to bat, Tilak Varma hit a 33-ball 59 to power Mumbai Indians to 205 for five.

Ryan Rickelton (41 off 25 balls), Suryakumar Yadav (40 off 28 balls) and Naman Dhir (38 off 17 balls) also made useful contributions.

In reply, DC were all out for 193 in 19 overs, despite Karun Nair's 40-ball 89.

Karn Sharma (3/36) claimed three wickets, while Mitchell Santner (2/43) took two wickets.

For DC, Vipraj Nigam (2/41) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/23) snapped two wickets each, while Mukesh Kumar (1/38) took one.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indians: 205 for 5 in 20 overs (Tilak Varma 59; Kuldeep Yadav 2/23, Vipraj Nigam 2/41).

Delhi Capitals: 193 all out in 19 overs (Karun Nair 89; Karn Sharma 3/36).