8 schoolchildren killed, 11 injured as private bus rams into overloaded Omni

June 21, 2016

Kundapur, Jun 21: At least eight schoolchildren were killed and nearly a dozen others sustained injuries in a horrific accident on Tuesday morning near Trasi village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district.

The victims have been Ananya, Ancita, Alvita, Clarissa, Calista, Delvin, Nikhita and Royston. They were among 17 children, all aged between five years and 14 years, were on their way to Don Bosco School in Trasi village in a Maruti Omni van when a private bus collided with it.

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Royston, Delvin, Ancita, Alvita, Clarissa, Calista, Ananya, Nikhita.

According to sources, two children died on the spot, while five of the injured breathed their last on their way to hospital. One more student succumbed to the injuries in a hospital. An officer at the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal said that of the eight children rushed to the hospital initially, seven were brought dead.

As many as six children, of whom two are said to be critical, were receiving treatment at the Paediatric ICU of the hospital. The van driver Martin was receiving treatment at Trauma Wing of the same hospital, he said.

Superintendent of Police K. Annamalai said that as many as six children and the school teacher, Philomena, who is also the wife of the driver, are receiving treatment at the Chinmayi Hospital in Kundapur.

It is learnt that the speeding bus rammed into the van when it took a right turn to go to the school at Movady Cross about 150 metres away from the school. The private bus was coming from Trasi to Kundapur.

Even though the van's side indicators were on, the passengers in the bus said that there was poor visibility due to heavy rains in the area. The bus driver abandoned the vehicle and fled from the scene soon after the accident, Mr. Annamalai said.

“Right now, we are giving importance to post-mortem and other details. We will take tough action to see that such accidents do not recur by consulting all stakeholders,” he added.

A case has been registered at jurisdictional Gangolli police station and investigations are on.

Also Read: 'Kundapur accident that claimed lives of 8 students could have been avoided'

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In Mangalore people are busy over fighting for animals, religion issues etc. Nobody is interested to fight for the development of city, Safety of people and corruption issues.

Standing United is the solution for all problems in mangalore.

Why blame the bus driver?
The omni driver should be taken to task for filling the car with so many children. Parents and schools do not care how children reach the school. Its because of this overloading that when accidents happen then there are maximum fatalities.

no words to say after seeing this incident. Innocent kids kills like this? Subhanallah.

Heart is crying breathlessly. May Allah bestow Jennathul Firdouse to all the kids.

So sad! May God grant those parents to over come with this grief.

Government is solely responsible for it....tax payers money is not being utilized for road broadening work...same roads and millions of vehicle added every year in to it and this is the out come. Everyday we hear some or other kind news of accident....

Please stop killing human being in roads. No value for life here in our country.Please see & follow traffic rules of UAE. Put some heavy fines
stop taking bribe. Small buses for school recently banned in UAE.

These types of acts do not fall under accident.

This is purely due to HIGH IGNORANCE, NEGLIGENCE, DISOBEDIENCE to TRAFFIC LAWS.

No sincere efforts can be seen by any Govt rulers, functionary, bureaucrats

This is worst than cure less diseases like Cancer or AIDS.
The public now should immediately make agitation that all concerned start doing stop of accidents due negligence and the same way close all liquor shops.

RTO and Traffic dept is only collecting taxes, not doing their job. If they implement existing rules and dutiful, such accidents can be avoided. Transport Minister and RTO fully responsible for the recent increase of accidents.
May God give enough patience to concerned families and rest in peace departed souls.

Heart rendering pics of angels.... Pray Almighty to give patience to the Parents / Families of the little angels who have died / injured.....RIP...

seriously i am really tired of hearing the accident news, please traffic dept must do something to stop the accidents.

Very Sad.....
Kill the Bus driver by pelting stone in the mid of the road. These drivers (Specially Express Bus Driver), they just want to reach their destination on time let anybody die in numbers and they don't even shiver

ohh god, feeling very sad,

really sad to hear the news, i just cant imagine whats going on with their parents, such a small kids they are.,

i saw some bus drivers under aged, please traffic police should verify them and cancel their licence to drive in the city.

this bus drivers think that they are the king of the road, all private bus should be banned.

This is not accident. this is called road terrorism. Over a 100 killed in Udupi district in recent days duo to the rash driving.

This reckless bus driver should be hanged to death.

Really heart-wrenching accident. heartfelt condolence to the family.

plz let us know the name of the those children?

Shocking. May god provide the families who lost the kids, the strength of bearing the pain

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Mangaluru: Three more COVID-19 positive persons discharged

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April 6,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 6: Three more COVID-19 positive cases in the Dakshina Kannada district have been recovered and discharged on Monday.

All three are Kasargod residents and were being treated in the city’s Wenlock hospital.

A 22-year-old man Bhatkal was discharged on Monday after recovering fully from the infection.

A total of 12 cases have been found COVID-19 positive in Mangaluru till now, said B Rupesh, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate's Office, Dakshina Kannada, on Monday.

"So far, 4 positive cases have recovered in Mangaluru, of which 3 COVID-19 positive patients have recovered and have been discharged today," said Rupesh.

He further said, "A total of 12 positive cases have been reported in the city till now."

As per the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is 4281. 151 cases are from Karnataka.

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Muslim Committee drops Jan 4 anti-CAA protest plan as cops refuse permission

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January 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 2: The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi has dropped its plan to stage a massive protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens on January 4 at Mangaluru’s Nehru Maidan.

Addressing a press conference here today, committee chief K S Mohammed Masood made this announcement.

“All the 28 organisations that had decided to stage protest under the leadership of the Muslim Central Committee, have unanimously agreed to temporarily cancel the protest plan after the city police refused permission for the event,” he said.

Mr Masood requested the people, especially the youth, not to lose patience. “No one should head to Nehru Maidan on January 4 as Muslim leaders have unanimously decided to cancel the protest,” he urged.

S M Rasheed Haji, Y Abdulla Kunhi, Umar UH, Ibrahim Kodichal, B M Mumtaz Ali, Khasim H K, Mansoor Ahmed Azad and Asif Deals were present in the press meet.

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Muslim organisations felicitate State BJP Chief Nalin Kumar

I want to know from them wat was the need for this. Has this helped the ordinary Mangalore Muslims in anyway. I would not have asked abt this if the program was conducted in your house. But here it is done in the name of Muslims. We need to stop being intellectually dishonest

Young energetic Muslim brothers present in Dk ,please note we need young leaders to lead us . Wake up ... and take over .

We respect ur decision sir.

But there are a lot of questions about it on people's mind.

We need to be updated about ur next plan of action.

Are u planning to approach the court for gaining the permission from the police, bcoz otherwise I don't think we will get the permission

Secondly, a few days back I wanted to contact Muslim central committee office to confirm if the protest Wil be there. I googled for the no, but the no. did not exist. Does that mean the Muslim central committee does not have an office or telephone no????

This only shows how organised we are.

Requesting Muslim central committee to get their house in order. Get more professional. Also consult people to utilise various platform to responsibly collect funds from so many ordinary bearys who want to donate money, but don't know whom to send it to.

We need an action committee to handle such situations. It must consist a battery of lawyers to fight the cases filed by the police.

If our leaders are old, they need to groom new leaders into the committee.

Moreover, it is important to question these so called leaders about their fecilitation program conducted for making kateel wen he won the election. Wat was the purpose of such fecilitation. Becoz I don't think he gives a damn when our community suffered. I question, whether all this is done in our name only to gain your contact and flourish ur business???

Never ever dare to do so in the name of Muslims

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Karnataka alone will have over 80,000 COVID-19 patients, warns Dr Devi Shety

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March 24,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 24: Underlining the seriousness of the coronavirus, which is spreading like wildfire in Karnataka, renowned Heart Surgeon and founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya Dr Devi Shetty on Tuesday predicted that Karnataka alone will have more than 80,000 people affected with the dreaded killer disease COVID-19 if people fail to protect themselves.

He urged the people to cooperate with the Government in preventing its further spread and immediately treat those who are affected.

Dr Shetty, urging the people to remain indoors and not to venture out, said those who are affected should not come out and remain in isolation even in their houses and take all precautions advised by doctors.

He said if 80,000 people in the state were affected, more than 20,000 need to be admitted to Hospital for treatment.

"More than 2000 affected need to be kept under ventilation and it requires more infrastructure in the hospitals," he said.

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