Kasargod: 7 dead as bus returning from wedding function overturns

Kasargod: 7 dead as bus returning from wedding function overturns

Mangalore Today News Network

Kasaragod, Jan 3, 2020: Seven persons lost their lives and several others  sustained injuries when a bus  which was returning from a wedding function overturned near Panathur on January 3, Sunday.

The wedding ceremony was held at Sullia and the bus was returning to Panathur when tragedy struck. The driver lost control over the vehicle resulting in the mishap in which three men, two women and two boys 11 and 14 year old respectively died.

Five persons were killed when a bus, in which a wedding party was travelling, happened to fall on top of a house at Panathoor in Kasargod. Many people sustained injuries in the accident. pic.twitter.com/m8k6xw979e

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The mishap took place on Sunday at 11.45 am. The bus lost control while descending the slope and happened to fall off the road on top of a house. There were about 40 people inside the bus. Rescue operation is underway. It is learnt that nobody was inside the house.

The deceased have been identified as Shreyas (11), Adarsh (14), Jayalakshmi, Sumathi, Rajesh, and Ravichandra.

Police said all the travellers were from Karnataka, who were headed to attend a marriage in a village along the Kerala-Karnataka border. The bus was speeding when it lost control while descending a slope and overturned before falling on top of an uninhibited house, at least 20 foot beneath the road, said the police.

The injured were rushed to Kanhangad government hospital and those in serious condition were referred to Mangaluru, a senior police official of Kasaragod district, said. Seven passengers are reported to be in a critical condition.