Tourist vehicle driver dies in accident, 4 passengers injured

Mangalore Today News Network

Dharmasthala, June 2, 2014: Jayaram (45) driving along with four others, all from Bangalore, were travelling in a Tata Safari towards Dharmasthala. At around 1.30 am, on June 1, while passing through a road near Benaka Hospital, Ujire, the sleepy driver is reported to have lost control of the vehicle.

The Tata Safari ran off the road and plunged into a ditch. The impact was so great that Jayaram died on the spot while the others sustained injuries. The driver’s body was shifted to government hospital in Beltangady. A case has been registered at Belthangady.

The injured have been identified as Jagadish (30), Veera Shetty (30) and Shashidhar from Peenya, Bangalore, and Nagesh (33) from GKV Layout, Bangalore.