Vehicle rams into divider, power pole on Badami-Udupi stretch; 1 killed, 6 injured
Byndoor: One person was killed and six others were injured in a road accident near Kirimanjeshwara here on Saturday evening, as their vehicle rammed into the divider, and then hit an electricity pole a few meters ahead.
All the seven people, the accident victim, Ramanna, as well as driver Niranjan and passengers Hanumanth, Prajwal, Shivakka, Reshma and Kavya, are learned to be natives of Bagalkot.
The group was returning to Udupi on Saturday evening, after attending a relative's wedding in Badami. The accident reportedly occurred as the driver lost control over the vehicle, which hit the divider and, due to the impact of the collision, hit a power pole about 50 meters ahead on the road.
Ramanna, who was seriously injured in the accident, died on the way to the government hospital in Kundapur. The other passengers and the driver are being treated at the hospital.
Byndoor Police officers have booked a case and are investigating the matter.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
