Daijiworld Media Network – Karkala (EP)

Karkala, Dec 5: A passenger came under the rear wheel of a bus and died as the vehicle moved when he was boarding the bus.

The incident happened on December 4, on a private bus plying from Karkala to Hebri. The deceased is identified as Krishna Naik (70), a resident of Hirgana village, Karkala taluk.

Krishna was trying to board the bus when bus conductor Jayaprakash Shetty, negligently signalled the bus driver to move the bus. A case under crime number 145/2022 IPC section 279 and 304(A) is registered at Karkala police station in this connection and the bus conductor has been arrested.

In another bus accident case registered at Shankernarayana police station under crime No. 128/2022 IPC section 279 and 304(A), Chandrashekar Naik (65), a resident of Hebri was alighting from another private bus on November 26, after handing over a parcel to the bus when Manjunath (31), the bus conductor signalled the bus driver to move the bus before Chandrashekar alighted from the bus. Chandrashekar fell from the bus, and got stuck to the rear wheel of the bus, sustained critical injuries and died. The police have registered a case against bus conductor Manjunath, and driver Vishwanath Shetty (53), resident of Kundapur and arrested both of them.