Puttur: Young lawyer dies as speeding car rams bus in overtake bid

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April 1, 2018

Puttur, Apr 1: A 23-year-old woman lost her life after a car in which she was travelling rammed into a bus in a bid to overtake another vehicle on a highway at Sampya near Puttur yesterday.

The victim has been identified as Gayatri (23), daughter of Jinnappa Gowda from Kantramajalu in Kula village, Bantwal taluk. She was a junior lawyer to advocate to Prithviraj Rai in Mangaluru.

It is learnt that Yogesh, who was driving the ill-fated Maruti WagonR car lost control over his vehicle due to high speed and hit a KSRTC bus coming from opposite direction. The scene is captured by a CCTV camera.

Shekhar, driver of bus which was plying from Sulliapadavu to Puttur, in his complained claimed that the car coming from opposite direction recklessly and high speed hit the bus in an effort to overtake other vehicles.

The lawyer who was critically injured in the accident, was rushed to a private hospital in Mangaluru, where he breathed her last. Car driver Yogesh is also critically injured in the mishap. He is being treated at a hospital in Mangaluru.

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shaji
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Tuesday, 3 Apr 2018

Very sad news. We lost an young lawyer.  May her soul rest in peace.   We should be careful while driving.  We should always keep in mind that speed kills.   It is always better to be late than never.    We should overtake only when there is no vehicle on opposite side.   We will not lose anything if we wait for sometime.   I request all drivers to be very cautious while driving.  May God protect us from accidents.   We should follow the saying "start early, drive carefully and reach safely." 

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