Five killed as mini goods vehicle overturns after jumping over highway divider in Kaup

Five persons were killed and 7 injured erstwhile a mini goods conveyance turned turtle aft hitting the roadworthy median connected Kochi-Panvel NH 66 astatine Uliyaragoli successful Kaup constabulary presumption limits, Udupi district, connected Sunday, November 30

The incidental occurred erstwhile the operator of the goods vehicle, transporting decoration worldly on with labourers, mislaid power implicit the vehicle. The conveyance climbed upon the divider and overturned connected the different side. The constabulary gave the names of the deceased arsenic Pappu Ravidas, 28, and Harish, 27, from Assam; Gapunath, 50, from Tripura, and Kamal and Samaresh from West Bengal.

The injured person been identified arsenic conveyance operator Ranjith Amin, 33, from Kothalkatte, workers Ganesh Bahadur Roy, 36, Prabhas Roy, 26, Gopal Bhaumik, 16, Suraj Dolai, 16, and Subratho, 20. They are undergoing attraction astatine a backstage infirmary successful Udupi.

Kaup MLA Gurme Suresh Shetty, erstwhile MLAs Vinay Kumar Sorake and Lalaji R. Mendon visited the mishap spot and aboriginal the hospital.