Udupi: Businessman killed, woman injured as car falls into lake in Brahmavar
Brahmavar: A businessman drowned in Chowlikere, the lake by the Barkur Road, and a young lady was seriously injured following loss of control over the car they were traveling in.
The incident occurred at around 2:30 pm on Sunday. The industrialist has been identified as Santhosh Shetty, 40, a resident of Vakwadi and a plywood shop owner in Beejadi. The lady is said to be Shwetha, 23, from Vakwadi, an employee at Shetty's shop, said sources.
They were traveling from Barkur to Saibrakatte. When they neared Chowlikere, the car they were traveling in went out of control and fell into the lake, which lacks a proper surrounding wall.
The local people rushed to the rescue of Shetty and Shwetha, who were inside the car in the waters of the lake and nearly asphyxiated. Shetty died on the way to the hospital, said the sources, adding that Shwetha is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Brahmavar.
A case was registered by the Brahmavar police.
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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
