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Kundapur: Car overturns killing man returning home after brother’s funeral


Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, Nov 20, 2015: A family at Hemmady here is devastated after losing two of its members in quick succession.  Raghupathi Poojary (42) from Hemmady who was returning to Bengaluru along with his wife and two children after  conducting the last rites of his elder brother Sheena Poojary (45),  died in an accident  enroute at  Magadi near Bengaluru  during the early hours of November 19, Thursday.


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It is learnt the Santro car in which the family was travelling and was driven by one Guruswamy went out of control of the driver  and overturned. Raghupathi who sustained serious head injuries  breathed his last, while his wife and children escaped with minor injuries,. The mishap occurred at around 3.30 am.

Raghupathi’s elder brother Sheena who was suffering from  some ailment had breathed his last recently.

Raghupathi was running a shop at Bannerghatta in Bengaluru.