Mangaluru, Nov 26, 2014: Two persons including an ITI student were killed and over ten persons sustained injuries, five of them critically when an over speeding private bus operating on the Mangalore-Moodbidri route overturned after hitting a fish laden lorry near Nantur Junction on November 26, Wednesday morning.
Ganesh and Umanath
The over crowded bus named ‘Nishmitha’ was on way to Mangalore from Moodbidri when the mishap took place at around 9 am. No sooner the bus reached Nantur Junction, it hit the fish lorry and toppled on the roadside. Umanath (18), an ITI student from Moodbidri and Ganesh (23) from Gurupur who sustained serious injuries though were rushed to the hospital, breathed their last.
The critically injured have been admitted to AJ Hospital. Kadri Traffic Police are at the spot.