Kota: Three died in ambulance-lorry collision
Kundapura, October 27: Three persons died and two others including a woman seriously injured when a lorry and ambulance collided each other at Kota Manur near here on the wee hours of Saturday.
It is said that the victims were from Uttara Kannada district. The deceased have been
identified as Ullas Talekar and Ashok and the identity of another person was not yet ascertained.
The accident happened when the family members of Ullas Talekar who was a heart patient, were taking from him Karwar hospital to Mangaluru hospital for higher treatment. When the ambulance reached Kota Manur, the ambulance driver lost the control over the vehicle and rammed into the road divider and collided with the lorry. All the three died on the spot. Saritha Ullas, wife of Ullas, sustained severe injuries and she was admitted to Manipal hospital. Ambulance driver Raghavendra sustained minor injuries.
Bodies were shifted to Kundapura government hospital. The ambulance was completely damaged in the accident. Kota police registered a case.
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
