Three dead as bus rams MUV in Karkala

Three persons died and fewer others were injured aft a backstage autobus rammed into a multi-utility conveyance (MUV) adjacent Kambala Cross successful Miyar colony successful Karkala Town Police presumption limits connected Friday.

The Karkala Town Police gave names of the deceased arsenic Mannappa, the operator of the multi-utility vehicle; Chethu and Rohith.

Police said the MUV from Kalaburagi territory carried 12 persons and a child. The inmates were heading to Dharmasthala aft visiting Udupi. Near Kambala Cross, connected NH-169, the MUV was deed head-on by a backstage autobus going towards Karkala from Dharmasthala astir 2.50 p.m.

Mannappa, Chethu and Rohith died connected the spot. One earnestly injured unfortunate was admitted astatine Kasturba Hospital successful Manipal. One kid with elemental wounded and different injured inmates of the MUV were undergoing attraction astatine a infirmary successful Karkala town, the constabulary said.

The Karkala Town Police person registered a lawsuit and investigations are nether mode to find the origin of accident.