Mangaluru: Two Maruti cars collide head-on while trying to make way for ambulance; Five injured
Mangaluru: Five people sustained injuries in a road accident between two cars on Monday morning here on Bengaluru National Highway at Kokkad near Nellyadi.
The accident took place when two Maruti cars collided with each other head on.
Maruti Swift Dzire car that was heading towards Mangaluru from Bengaluru collided with a Maruti Ceilario car with Puttur’s registration details.
According to the reports the car driver was attempting to make way for an ambulance that was coming in emergency when then accident took place.
The ambulance driver also lost control over the wheels for a moment as the two cars collided but managed to escape any untoward incident.
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UP: Passenger falls to death while spitting 'paan' from moving bus
Sultanpur (UP), Nov 30: A 45-year-old passenger fell to his death from an air-conditioned Uttar Pradesh roadways bus allegedly after he opened its door to spit 'pann' as the vehicle moved through the Purvanchal Expressway here on Saturday, police said.
The incident took place on the 93-km milestone of the expressway around 10.30 am when the bus was en route to Lucknow from Azamgarh.
"As the bus reached near Bihi village in the Baldirai police station area, a passenger opened the door of the moving bus to spit. He lost balance and fell onto the road, resulting in his death. He had opened the door to spit 'paan'," a police official said.
"The bus was stopped immediately, and Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) officials along with the police were informed," the official said.
Baldirai Station House Officer (SHO) Dheeraj Kumar said that UPEIDA personnel rushed the victim to the local Community Health Centre via ambulance, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
"The deceased was identified as Ram Jiavan, a resident of Chinhat area in Lucknow. His wife, Savitri, was also travelling with him on the bus," Kumar said.
He added that the bus has been taken to the police station for further investigation and the body has been sent for post-mortem.
