Road mishap kills two youngsters on Udupi NH 66
Udupi: In a tragic road accident reported from Udupi from NH 66 near Ambagilu in Udupi, a Mahendra Bolero vehicle rammed into a signboard killing two people including the driver on the spot. Reports added that the two were on their way to APMC Market to purchase vegetables.
The deceased have been identified as driver Dinesh (37) and his neighbor Manjunath (26). Both are reportedly residents of Moorukai in Kundapur.
According to the reports, Dinesh used to purchase vegetables at the APMC Market in Adiudupi and then sell it on his vehicle. Manjunath who worked with Dinesh used to travel on his vehicle.
On Thursday morning, Dinesh reportedly lost control over the vehicle and rammed the vehicle into a signboard beside the road. Both Dinesh and Manjunath sustained critical injuries. Dinesh died on the spot while Manjunath succumbed to the injuries at the District hospital here, police said.
Dinesh was married and had two kids, while Manjunath was unmarried. A case in this regard has been registered at Udupi Traffic Police Station.
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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.
