Mother and Son Killed in Ghastly Road Mishap near Lemina cross Nitte
Karkala: A mother and her son were killed in a ghastly road accident involving a car and Bharat benz truck on the Karkala State highway near Lemina cross near Nitte on October 5 evening.
The deceased have been identified as Shalet D’Souza (47) and her son Winson D’Souza (22), residents of Miyar Karkala.
According to the Karkala Rural Police, a speeding Benz truck of Andra Pradesh Registration which was plying from Karkal to Belman rammed into the Nano car coming from the opposite direction in which Shalet and her son Winson were travelling.
Shalet and her son Wilson were killed on the spot. Shalet D’Souza was the wife of Walter D’Souza and owner of Glorious Oil Mills in Karkal.
As soon as the incident took place, the driver of the truck fled from the spot and later surrendered in the Karkala rural police station.
Karkala Rural police have registered a case and are investigating.
I just can’t help but be brutally honest. This accident wasn’t entirely the fault of the Mini van driver. Driving a Nano in itself is buying your ticket out of this world. Has that car passed a satisfactory test and complies to regulations for safety. The answer is a resounding “No”. Our government pleases the lobby’s that scratch their back and hence make decisions that tend to profit the selfish gains of these lobby’s and that’s how these cars are in the market. And we citizens never look into the greater detail of anything because we are so used to… Read more »
No car can withstand such an impact of head on collision.
Well said by Mr. J. D’Sa – there absolute truth in every word.
But who cares – one would find builders flattening away all
the hills and trees in Mangalore city, and famous local people
attending the inaugration, and yet give big talks on take care
of the environment for rains!