Moodubidri: When a (engineering) College bus collided against a moving auto rickshaw in which a woman and her family was traveling on Wednesday,Sept.7 here, she died due to the impact. The lady’s husband was driving the autorickshaw, with 2 children in the vehicle.
Ravi Bhandary of Anekere (Karkala) was the unfortunate vehicle driver, while his wife Shakuntala(27) passed away, but Son Pratish (10) and daughter Prateeka (4) were taken to a Mangalore hospital for treatment of injuries.
Some students in the college bus escaped with minor injuries. The bus belonged to an engineering college, and was proceeding to Karkala from Belman. The auto-vehicle family was going to Venur to attend a marriage. The accident occurred at Beluvai-Kanthavara cross. The autorickshaw was pushed by bus for several metres and crushed by a tree, with a third vehicle also being damaged.