Car carrying Rajyotsava awardee Surakod met with accident: Man killed
Accident occurred when Surakod was coming to receive award
Bengaluru, November 29: A car carrying Rajyotsava awardee writer Hasan Nayeem Surakod from Ramadurga in Belagavi district to Bengaluru to receive his award, hit an auto from the rear on National Highway 4 at Chikkabennur near Bharamasagara in Chitradurga district killing a passenger of the auto on the spot on Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as Siddesh (31) of Hampanur village. However, Surakod sustained head injury in the accident, but it is said he is out of danger, police said.
The incident happened on Thursday at 6 am and Surakod sustained head injury, he was treated in a local hospital and sent him to Bengaluru in another vehicle, it is said.
Surakod along with his family members were on their way to Bengaluru from Ramadurga. Bharamasagara police registered a case and investigating it.
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Double-decker electric bus gutted in fire at Kurla BEST depot
Mumbai (PTI): An empty double-decker electric bus was gutted in a fire during servicing at a BEST depot in Mumbai's Kurla area on Sunday, officials said, adding that nobody was injured.
The blaze broke out inside the Kurla BEST bus depot near Kanakia Building at 4.14 pm, according to preliminary information from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
The parked bus was unoccupied at the time of the incident.
Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control. The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, they said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, officials added.
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has hired 50 electric double-decker buses from Switch Mobility in its fleet of around 2,700 buses.
