Mangaluru: A woman was killed and two others were injured in a collision between a tanker truck and a car on the national highway near Kodapala in Sampaje village, Sullia taluk, on Wednesday. The deceased is Shobha,47, wife of Ponnappa, a resident of Nellihudikeri, Siddapur, Madikeri.According to police, the accident occurred on the Kodapala stretch of the national highway in Sullia taluk, Sampaje village, between a tanker truck traveling from Madikeri towards Sullia, and a car coming from Sullia towards Madikeri. In the accident, the woman travelling in the car died on the spot, while the car’s driver, Devaiah,54, and his wife Vanajakshi,44, sustained injuries. After initial treatment at a private hospital in Sullia, they were referred to a hospital in Mangaluru for further medical care. A case was registered at Sullia police station under Sections 281(rash driving), 125(a) (act endangering life), and 106 (causing death by negligence) of the BNS.Pedestrian run over by busA pedestrian was killed after being hit by a bus near AB Shetty Circle in Mangaluru, allegedly due to the driver’s negligence. The complainant, Vajraksha, stated that on Tuesday, while travelling in a bus and seated in the front, around 4.40pm, as the bus was approaching AB Shetty Circle, the driver, Anwar Hussain, allegedly drove negligently and recklessly, failing to notice an unidentified pedestrian crossing the road from the dargah side towards Nehru Maidan.As a result, the bus hit the pedestrian, causing the person to fall on the road. The complainant immediately got down from the bus, attended to the injured pedestrian, and noticed bleeding from the ear. With the help of the public, the injured person was shifted to Wenlock hospital for treatment. However, the attending doctor declared the person dead the same evening.
