Labourer killed, 17 hurt in road mishap
DHNS
Mangalore/Udupi, 22 February 2011: A labourer was killed and 17 persons sustained injuries when a tipper turned turtle at Puthige Padavu near Moodbidri on Tuesday.
The dead has been identified as Renuka (35). The injured are Sutharo, Mohammed Akther, Saroja, Lakshmi, Vikas, Rajesh, Susheelavva, Raju, Mohammed Ajeem, Sandeep, Jihavul Rehman, Jenjin and Pramod Kumar. The tipper belonged to one Santhosh Shetty of Kinnigoli.
He was a PWD contractor. The tipper was carrying 17 labourers from Kinnigoli to work on road asphaltation at Moodbidri when the incident occurred.
The incident occurred when the driver tried to overtake an autorickshaw at Puthige Padavu and lost control. A case has been registered.
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