Udupi, Sept 5: A tiger dance artiste lost his life and five others suffered injuries, when a tempo carrying them met with an accident at Nejar Babbuswamy Bhajan Mandal near Santhekatte in Udupi yesterday.
The deceased has been identified as Sumanth,22, a resident of Padubidri. Tempo driver Vishal and tiger dancers Prashanth, Yatesh, Sudhakar and Sudhir were injured in the accident. All the injured were treated at KMC Manipal.
Nejar Navneeth Friends troupe, on the occasion of Ganapathi immersion at Santhakatte Sarvajanika Ganeshothsav, had danced at the shops at Santhakatte and were on their way to Kelarkalabettu.
When the Tempo driver tried to overtake a motorbike, he lost control and toppled. Sumanth was seriously injured and died on the way to hospital.
A case has been registered at Malpe police station in this regard.
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