Mangalore, Aug 10, 2013 : Nine persons including three children, all belonging to the same family sustained injuries when the autorickshaw in wthey were travelling fell into a roadside ditch near SVS College, Bantwal on August 9, Friday.

Reckless driving by the autorickshaw driver is blamed for the accident. All the nine were heading towards the house of a relative on the occasion on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The injured namely Ismail, the autorickshaw driver, Khateejamma, Idinabba, Yasir, Naseem, Shamsuddin and children Shaheed, Nusrat and Aneesha have been hospitalized. Of the injured, the condition of the autorickshaw driver and Khateejamma, an elderly lady is said to be critical.