Udupi: Two killed, one critical as tipper truck overturns in Brahmavar
The deceased belonged to Brahmavar and Bhatkal
Brahmavar: In a tragic road accident the driver of a tipper truck lost control over the vehicle and crashed onto the road divider resulting in overturning of the vehicle which killed two people on the spot while critically injuring another.
The deceased have been identified as Nagaraj Ganiga (30) of Brahmawar and Kumar (27) of Bhatkal. The injured victim Raghavendra was rushed to Manipal hospital for treatment.
The incident occurred at around 7.30am on Friday when the tipper truck was on its way to Manipal from Brahmavar. The driver lost the control of the vehicle owing to less visibility due to rain and crashed on the road divider. As a result of the crash, the tipper overturned on the road. Driver Nagaraj died on the spot while Kumar succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Traffic movement on NH 66 remained affected due to the accident for some time before the police reached the spot and cleared it.
A case has been registered at Brahmawar Police Station.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
