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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Vijayapura (Karnataka), Oct 23: A 21-year-old woman died of head injuries after falling off a ranger swing ride at an exhibition ground here, police said on Wednesday.

They said it happened around 7 pm on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nikitha Biradar.

Biradar had gone to the exhibition ground with her mother and some friends.

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According to police, the victim fell off the ride from a height after her safety bar broke and the safety belt she was wearing ripped.

She sustained severe head injuries and was pronounced dead at a hospital, a senior police official said.

He said a case has been registered against the event manager and the ride operator under section 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

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