Puttur: Bus-Car collision claims one life, several injured

Bellevision Media Network

Puttur, 26 Oct 2014: A KSRTC bus in a bid to overtake rammed a car killing its driver and injuring passengers at Mittur near here on Sunday October 26.

The bus was plying to Mangalore from Puttur, while the car was on its way from Mangalore to Puttur.

The deceased car driver has been identified as Yousuf Noufal, son of Yaqoob hailing from Padil, Mangalore.

Yousuf was the young entrepreneur owning Afnan Enterprises in Kuttarpadav near Deralakatte, Mangalore.

 

Yousuf’s sister has been critically injured along with other family members who are admitted at Unity Hospital, Mangalore.

The number of casualties are bound to increase as per the police sources the commuters in the bus too have sustained injuries.

The driver and the conductor of the bus were admitted in a nearby private hospital, while the body of the deceased Yousuf was shifted to district Wenlock Hospital, Mangalore for autopsy.