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Mangaluru: Driver of lorry that claimed five lives was speaking on mobile

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June 12, 2016

Mangaluru, Jun 12: Eye witnesses of last Friday's ghastly road mishap at Valachil, on the outskirts of the city, wherein five persons were killed and three others suffered serious injuries, have told police that the reckless lorry driver was using mobile phone while driving.

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The container lorry was coming towards the city on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway hit the median and crossed over to the other side and rammed into two vehicles and a pedestrian.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the lorry driver was speaking on mobile phone with someone while driving violating the traffic rules.

While the lorry reached Arkula near Valachil, the mobile phone slipped from driver's hand and fell down near his seat. The driver immediately bent down to pick it up.

In the melee he lost control over his vehicle, which crashed into the road median and ran amok. It first hit a car coming from the opposition direction on the other side of the road. The impact of collision caused the container section of the lorry to overturn onto an auto-rickshaw and a pedestrian. All three persons in the auto, the pedestrian and one person in the car died.

Among the deceased Muhammad Nazeer (29), son of Yusuf, a resident of Sajipa in Bantwal was riding the auto-rickshaw. Muhammad Salam (20), Son of Siddeeq from Nandavara, Sinan (16), son of Hameed, were travelling in the same rickshaw. Abbas (40), a resident of Vittla was on board the car. Husain (20), a resident of Adyar, was a pedestrian.

Also Read : Mangaluru: Truck driver who claimed five lives was speaking on mobile phone

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Maheshwari
 - 
Sunday, 12 Jun 2016

It is so sad to find many families lose their loved ones, simply because of a reckless and drunk drivers.

Jeevan
 - 
Sunday, 12 Jun 2016

not only truck drivers even for car drivers also now a days its becm a trend to talk on phone while driving. they are sitting inside and troubling others. police and system should be ruthless towards them. No other driver should touch mobile while driving.

Shravan
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Sunday, 12 Jun 2016

really heart wrenching incident. victims were going in the right direction and this driver came as yamaduth and taken their lives, this driver should be given maximum punishment.

Farooq
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Sunday, 12 Jun 2016

first of all lorry should be barred transporting in the day. heavy traffic in between that this careless lorry drivers driving negligently.

Ram
 - 
Sunday, 12 Jun 2016

who issued license to him? stone him death. who will take care of the families that lost their bread winners?

Mahesh
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Sunday, 12 Jun 2016

inattentive person, his license must be seized and put behind bar till death. this type lorry drivers if seen anyone stop the vehicle and beat them in public.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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January 16,2020

Udupi, Jan 16: The mandatory implementation of FASTag, across the country, was not enforced in the toll gates located in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts.

The toll gate personnel cited that they had not received any directions from the NHAI and hence vehicles were being allowed to ply as per the current practice.

As per government order, two gates each have to be reserved for locals, emergency entry and cash transactions. All other lanes are to be used for FASTag.

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May 5,2020

Mangaluru, May 5: A day after lockdown was partially relaxed in Dakshina Kannada, a fresh covid-19 positive case was reported today from Boloor area of Mangaluru.

In its fresh bulletin, health and family welfare department today said that the throat swabs of a 51-year-old man from Boloor tested positive for the coronavirus.

Boloor is already declared as corona containment zone in the district after as this is the fourth coronavirus positive case reported from the area.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in Dakshina Kannada mounted to 25 including 19 residents of the district and six outsiders who have already left the district after getting treatment.

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