Kundapur: Four year old boy killed on his birthday was being run over by goods tempo
Kundapur: In a heart wrenching incident that took place on Saturday (February 2) a four year-old boy was rammed by a goods tempo, while he was standing beside the road near Janata colony, near Siddapur in Kundapur Taluka.
The deceased kid is identified as Anshik (4), who had come to Kundapur along with his family to attend a wedding. Anshik was the second of the two sons of Raghavendra and Pavitra of Konandoor Kontehole, in Thirthahalli Taluka, of Shivamoga district.
During their visit for the wedding, to mark the occasion Anshik’s fourth birthday, the family visited Mandarthi temple, while returning from the temple, the family got down from the bus near Janata Colony to meet another relative. The incident took place as Anshik was standing beside the road, waiting to cross it, after getting down.
A goods tempo carrying food and grains to Beltangady rammed into Anshik beside the road, who sustained to his injuries on the spot.
Personnel of Shankarnarayana police station rushed to the spot and conducted initial investigations at the spot and took the truck and its driver into the custody.
The body of the child was handed over to the family after post-mortem.
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Three killed, one injured in head-on truck collision in Karnataka's Mudhol
Bagalkote (Karnataka) (PTI): Three people were killed and one person seriously injured in a head-on collision between two trucks in this district, police said on Wednesday.
The deceased have been identified as Mallikarjun (22), Revanasiddappa (20), and Suresh (33), while the injured has been named Ramesh (22), police said.
The accident occurred on the night of Tuesday and Wednesday near Bantanur Cross in Mudhol taluk, when a bulk carrier transporting cement collided with another truck, causing one of the vehicles to be crushed under the impact.
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The collision forced the bulk carrier to topple and become mangled, police said.
Two of the truck’s occupants—the driver and his helper—died on the spot, along with the driver of the cement-laden bulk carrier, Bagalkote Superintendent of Police Siddharth Goyal said.
Police, with the help of a JCB, removed the damaged vehicle to rescue the trapped occupants.
The lone survivor, who sustained grievous injuries, was shifted to a hospital for treatment and is under observation, police added, noting that further investigation is underway.
