UDUPI: As many as 16 persons sustained injuries when a minibus they were travelling in reportedly collided with a stationary truck at Udyavara in Udupi. According to the police, a group of 19 tourists from Tamil Nadu were bound for Kollur Mookambika Temple when the accident occurred on Sunday.
The accident occurred due to alleged reckless and negligent driving by the bus driver. The impact caused significant damage to the front of the bus and the rear of the truck.
The injured are Sabu Karunakaran, 53, Niranjana, 17, Seeba, 45, Beena, 43, Seeba Beeju, 45, Nisha, 43, Tamilmani, 33, Savida, 31, Ramachandra, 56, Govindan, 62, Rameshan, 52, Neeraja, 28, Rijesh, 36, Esha Karthik, 3, Maya, 46, and Jayaprakash, 50.
Among the injured, Maya and Jayaprakash suffered serious injuries. Local residents assisted the injured and shifted them to a hospital in Udupi. The Kaup police registered a case.