Udupi : Three labourers have died when an Eicher tempo met with an accident near Perdur in Udupi on Sunday morning. It is said that the tempo was carrying pendals for the Prime minister Narendra Modi's upcoming Udupi election campaign event.

The three labourers who have died are yet to be identified. It is said that they were from Assam. Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit Udupi on 1st May and he will be addressing a public rally at MGM College ground in Udupi on that day. Pendals were being brought from Chitradurga for this event in tempo which is said to have lost control due to the negligence of driver and hit the electric pole. 

There were around 12 labourers in the tempo. Among them, one died at the spot and two succumbed to their injuries while being taken to the hospital. Hiriadka Police have reached the spot and begun investigation. 

 

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Fresh from his Paris Diamond League win on June 20, Chopra emerged on top in a nine-man field here though with a modest effort of 85.29m in the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event.

He had skipped the last two editions of Golden Spike -- an event that his coach Jan Zelezny won nine times in a storied career -- due to fitness issues.

The 27-year-old Chopra has had an impressive season so far, having won his first Diamond League title in two years in Paris after also breaching the elusive 90m mark during his second place finish in Doha DL in May.