Udupi, Mar 15, 2019: As many as seven students sustained injuries when a car collided against an autorickshaw which was ferrying school children on the NH 66 service road at Santhekatte on March 15, Friday morning.
It has been learnt that the driver of the Maruti Ritz car hit the autorickshaw in his haste to overtake. The car was proceeding towards Udupi from Santhekatte.
The injured children are students of two English medium schools of Kalianpur. They have been admitted to Manipal Hospital.
Even the autorickshaw driver John was injured in the mishap. The front portion of the vehicle has been badly mangled.