Kundapura: Car overturns near Thekkatte, six students including driver seriously injured
Kundapur: Six students including the driver were seriously injured after a car they were traveling on overturned and fell into a drain on the National Highway-66 near Thekkatte on Monday.
According to police, the injured were students pursuing law and engineering at Pune in Maharashtra.
A group of 12 students had started a tour across the country in two cars on January 31. The accident occurred while they were returning to Pune after visiting the Tirupati temple.
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In the afternoon, the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle near Kannukere in Thekkatte. The car jumped the divider and plunged into a drain on the opposite side of the road.
It is learnt that six students, including the driver, were inside the car at the time of the accident. Locals rushed to the spot, rescued the injured from the vehicle, and shifted them to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Kota Police Station officer Praveen Kumar R. visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
