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Two persons were injured aft their car plunged into a astir 100-foot-deep gorge connected the Anthiyur-Bargur ghat roadworthy successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday (February 4, 2026).
According to the police, the mishap occurred around 5.50 a.m. between 2 hairpin bends erstwhile the car lost control and rolled down the gorge. The conveyance was driven by M. Senthilkumar, 45, of Tiruchi, who was travelling with his woman and girl to Mysuru successful transportation with his daughter’s assemblage admission.
The constabulary said the conveyance went disconnected the roadworthy owed to driver drowsiness while negotiating the hilly stretch. Senthilkumar escaped unhurt successful the accident. However, his wife Jayasree, 43, sustained a fracture successful her close manus and abrasions connected her forehead, portion their daughter S. Poorani, 17, suffered a blunt wounded to her hip.
The injured were initially taken to the Anthiyur Government Hospital, wherever archetypal assistance was administered. They were aboriginal admitted to a backstage infirmary successful Anthiyur, and their information is said to beryllium stable. Bargur constabulary person registered a lawsuit and are investigating the incident.
