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Kaup, Sep 11: In the accident that occurred on the afternoon of Friday, September 11, in which a car had jumped over a divider and collided against an electric pole after the driver lost control has claimed the life of the 24-year-old Ashrita Saldanha. Meanwhile, the driver of the car identified as Nihal is reportedly in a critical condition. As per the police sources, the other passengers in the car have been identified as Atharva, Anish, Ravi Saxena and Ninad.

Earlier, five people were reported to have been injured in the mishap in which three were said to be in a critical condition.

The accident took place near the old Mescom office of Kaup. The electric pole was uprooted in the collision. The car was badly mangled and the condition of three out of the five in the car is reportedly critical. They are admitted to a private hospital in Udupi.

Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon, sub-inspector Rajashekara B Saganoor and crime sub-inspector I R Gaddekar visited the spot.

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Chandra, Mangaluru
Sun, Sep 13 2020
Heartfelt condolences to the family members of Arshita.
May her Soul Rest in Peace.

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Anil mendonsa, Kanjar palli
Sun, Sep 13 2020
Rest in peace soul

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Ummwr, Mangalore
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Heartfelt Condolences to Mr. Saldanha and family. May Arshita s soul rest in peace and her family find the strength to deal with the situation. Really sad to hear about this happening to someone.
Request everyone else to stand by the passengers who were in the crash and going through a rough phase. Jumping into conclusions based on the passengers age or origin is unwise and utterly silly.
Drive safe and please stay away from fragile cars. Your Safety is predominant compared to mileage, power or whatever these companies promise compromising your well being. May the almighty help the affected families get through this tough phase.
God bless!

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Karnad raj, Kirem
Sat, Sep 12 2020
May Arshita,'s (Angel in heaven) soul rest in peace.
God almighty give strength to Austin and Anitha toovercome the grief.

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Alwin, Mangalore
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Speed breaker in vehicle is required.We should make some changes after analysing reasons of accidents so that such accidents may be reduced.
RIP

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Henry lobo, Moodu belle/ Borivali- Mumbai
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Very sad to hear about this sad & trajic accident which claimed the life budding youngster Arshita Saldanha. Generally younger generation does not follow the traffic rules & speed restrictions which leads to unfortunately accidents& destroy the family's. May Arshita's soul rest in peace. & the family gets strength to overcome this untimely loss. 🙏

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Charles Pereira, Surathkal
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Dear Austine Saldanha and family, very sorry to hear the news, please accept our heartfelt condolences,
May her soul rest in peace, Charles Pereira and family, Surathkal

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S. Fernandes, Mangalore
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Good that car just got stuck on the divider. If that car rolled over on the road, it would have become more critical and sometime all the occupants of the car as well others would die. This incident cant blame on road or rain, but carelessness .
May her soul rest in peace and speedy recovery of others.

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Sandy, Udupi
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Puddles of water collect near the median whenever it rains due to unscientific construction by NHAI. There are a few spots in Kaup after Kaup flyover and before Pangala bridge when you go from Mangalore to Udupi direction. Some of these puddles are just after a slight bend and therefore not visible. The right front tyre hits the puddle and aquaplanes with the driver losing control. This could potentially have happened here. A proper investigation needs to be done here and if what I said is the reason, a murder charge should be filed against NHAI officials for providing us such pathetic highways despite collecting huge tolls and road taxes. I wonder if oll company and NHAI have an ambulance which they are supposed to compulsorily provide.
It appears to be a Zoom rental car. These cars have a speed limiter at 80kmph. The driver cannot go beyond this speed. Many people commenting here have passed judgment by just seeing these photos as overspeeding, driving under influence, etc,etc. just like our TV channels which have become de facto law courts now.
I wish there will be a proper inquiry and a rational scientific inference made and then blame fixed.

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Subhash Chandra, Mangalore
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Who told you rental cars have speed limiters for 80 kmph ? think twice its 80 kmph speed of activa .

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Sandy, Udupi
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Personal experience.
I have used Zoom rental cars. Even if you stand on the accelerator pedal, car is not going to cross 80kmph.
I dont understand what you mean by "twice the speed of Activa"

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Indian, udupi
Sat, Sep 12 2020
May her soul rest in peace.
Yes, I agree with you. Zoomcar have speed limit regulation where the car wont cross 80kmph even if press full accelerator peddle. I dont think this car belongs to Zoomcar Co. There are ample examples on the build quality of Maruti Swift is proven this is also an example, Why doesnt govt ban such vehicles which has taken so many lives? Sorry for the loss. Please stay safe. Choose a better vehicle a safer vehicle. We Indians choose for Mileage rather think about safety.

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Akash Shenoy, Moodbidri
Sat, Sep 12 2020
The speed limit for car is 120kmph

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Sandy, Udupi
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Iam not talking about the highway speed limit .
I am talking about a speed limiter device in the car which does not allow it to go beyond 80kmph speed.

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True Indian, Bangalore
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Still not able to understand how the girl lost her life? No mention of whether the girl was driving a vehicle too. May her soul rest in peace.

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Leena, Andheri West
Sun, Sep 13 2020
My opinion seat belt were not utilized to which as the as the accident took place the individual was badly affected. Again I believe swift does not have airbags too

Again Suzuki manufactures huge number of vehicles so they so take care of basic safety.

It is individual driving the vehicle res. to ensure safety of himself and everyone to some extent like avoid over speeding and be cautious while driving.

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Valson Mensonsa, Mangalores/USA
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Too young to go... too soon...Very Sad... Itz all about Traffic Law enforcement…Reasons can be anything..that contributed. Right now... all we can do is... just pray in this time...

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Rita, Germany
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Horrible .A young innocent girl,lost life because of someones mistake.Cant believe it was a vehicle.really big tragody.May her soul rest in peace.Heartfelt sympathy to her family.Hope the driver of the cr survives from his condition.The reason for this accident looks most probably high speed.But one never know what happened .If passengers can explain what exactly happened then can be resume e can be finished.Please drive according to the rules and reach home safely than never reach home with fast driving .

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Mangalurian, Mangaluru
Sat, Sep 12 2020
The driver Nihal is 24.

Vehicles in the hands of drivers under 25 years of age somehow do not follow the normal driving behaviour.

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Charles Pereira, Surathkal
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Dear Austine Saldanha and family, We are truly sorry to hear of the loss of Arshita Saldanha. Please accept our heartfelt condolences, May God give enough strength to bear the irreparable loss. We pray that her soul rest in peace. Almighty, please give his family members lots of courage to pass this hard time.Charles Pereira and Family, Surathkal,

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Preethesh, KULSHEKAR , DAKSHINA KANNADA, SOUTH
Fri, Sep 11 2020
think before buying.mileage or safety.u will feel vibration in new swift if u cross 70 then think about over speeding in this type of car.RIP soul

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Sadiq, Kinnigoli
Fri, Sep 11 2020
She was my PUC senior.RIP to her soul.

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Arun, Dharwad
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Shows that people in coastal area are irresponsible and are always in a hurry. Also there's plenty of laxity. A few days ago everything seemed under control. It seems that despite awareness (if any), there seems to be a chaltha hai chalatha hai policy.

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Derick, Mangalore
Sat, Sep 12 2020
Bro car driver is not from Mangalore so think before talking

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Ajith poojary, Kundapur
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Om shanthi..

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Ajay Rebello, Kallianpur
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Tragic incident and I'm sorry for loss to the families. Due the number of such accidents perhaps the govt can come up with SOPs for organ donation which might same some lives from such tragedies.

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Gabriel Lewis, Brahmavar
Fri, Sep 11 2020
The yellow letter board of the car seems to be a Zoom car.
The start ups like zoom car should not provide cars to the youngsters who are below 30 years of age.

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Sahil, Mangaluru
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Such car designed for all the season low speed. Even rainy season such car wheel design itself not supporting like Suv. Most of the young generation try to overtake the provided facilities in the low budget car. And try to map up with suv speed with over excitement especially when in group travel.
RIP

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Edward Maben, Kudla
Fri, Sep 11 2020
One more example of reckless driving. That's all. And one more innocent life lost

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Alex, Mangalore
Fri, Sep 11 2020
These cars are less than 500 kilos in gross weight.
They cannot go over 60 km/hr in rain.
Tires treads will hold on to water once the speed is above 60, and the result is skidding.
Skidding will make the steering wheel unresponsive and go without control .
It will be similar to skating on ice. End is in Almighty's hand.

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Subhash Chandra, Mangalore
Fri, Sep 11 2020
its a rent a car now issues will be more they will squeeze as much as possible + most rent cars aren't in good condition, impact of crash has divided car into nearly two which means guess the speed during heavy rainfall and even ABS didn't work. i don't know much about this incident forgive me i may be wrong here but in reality most people do drink and drive that's why loss control happens or any substance consumed.

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Wrong Fuel Consumption ...

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john, Mangalore
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Have some respect for the dead. Who are you to issue a certificate about the cause sitting in your comfortable chair?

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Sanjay Serrao, Mangalore
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Forgive this old man, his kidney doesn't work sometimes!!🥴

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Evans C. Sumitra, Udupi/ New York, USA.
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Jossey Saldanha, Your comments make no sense at all. You should have some feelings and courtesy on the young woman who got killed and the others who are fighting for their lives.

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Sanjay, Hebri
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Water logging in highways may be one reason.

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Roshan, KPT
Fri, Sep 11 2020
IT HAD BECOME COMMON STUDENTS ARE TAKING RENT A CAR, AND OVERSPENDING. FOLLOWED BY ACCIDENTS. SOME OF THE RENTED TWO WHEELER RIDERS ARE NOT EVEN 18 AND DUE TO RASH DRIVING THEY WILL END UP IN ACCIDENTS. MANY TIME I HAD NOTICED RENTED VEHICLE WITH BLACK NUMBER PLATES OVERSPEEDING AND RASH DRIVING.

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Hussain, uchil
Fri, Sep 11 2020
may be intoxicate.......GOD knows!!!!!

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Evans C. Sumitra, Udupi/ New York, USA.
Fri, Sep 11 2020
It is a sad accident that a car jumped over a divider and collides with an electric pole. Reasons may be many. we can just pray for a speedy recovery of those involved in this accident.

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Dylan, Mangalore
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Udupi drivers do not have control while driving, even when they are in Mangalore. The drivers of Udupi think that driving on the roads is like flying in air. This accident is because of over speed and ignorance.

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Subhash Pai, Udupi
Fri, Sep 11 2020
For you king information this driver and car from Mangalore. Looks lik you are F1 racer driver

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Udupi citizen, Udupi
Sat, Sep 12 2020
I gess in ur eyes u put someone's ...... frist check the car number plate it's clearly printed KA19 .. then u comment ...

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ayes p, kudla/ksa
Fri, Sep 11 2020
Main reason for lost control is overspeed

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