Mangalore: Tempo Skids into Ditch; Miraculous Escape for passengers
Pics: Dayananda Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)
Mangalore, Jun 17: A tempo loaded with plastic goods skidded off the road into a ditch about 30-feet below, beside the national highway near the Netravathi Bridge near Jeppinamogaru, on Wednesday June 17.
The driver and his fellow passenger had a miraculous escape in this incident.
Ravi and Shayan Kumar, residents of Padeel in the city were admitted in a city hospital with minor injuries and later released.
The tempo (KA 19 A 356) was carrying plastic items and was headed towards Kasargod. Half of the tempo was immersed in the water in the ditch which is excess water from the river.
A motorcyclist, who had parked his vehicle near the road to use his cell phone, narrowly missed being involved in the mishap as the tempo swept away the motorbike from where it had been parked.
Eye witnesses said that eroding of the road due to the rains may be the reason for the accident.
Ullal police visited the spot and registered a case in this regard.