Kasargod: In the shocking accident which happened at bevije, a person lost his life while 30 others have been injured. The deseased is identified as Nagendra Navul, who hails from hubballi.
It is learnt that several including the bus driver are critical, sources said.
The bus driver, identified as Muttu (25) and truck cleaner Raj(24), who hails from chitradurga have been shifted to Wenlock hospital in Mangalore.
Bus conductor Balachandra (27), passengers Suresh (37) of Mullery and Purushottam Nair (55) of Adrukuyi were taken to a private hospital in Nullipady, while Qasim (42), Savita (25) of Manantavady, T K Abdul Khader (35), Muhammed Basheer (63), Shaiju (30) of Badiadka, Vipin (18), K G Joy (59) of Cherkala, Bhaskar (42), Abdulla (47) of Kumbar Bedradka, Pramod Kumar (43) of Vidyanagar, Balakrishna (57), Premakumari (49) of Vidyanagar, and P C Raju (48) have been shifted to Chengala hospital.
Elsy (37) of Chikkinadka, Badiadka, her daughter Mary are recuperating in Kanhangad district hospital.
The bus, belongiong to Sai Motors was rushing from Kasargod to Manantavady while the truck, which belonged to SKGN company, Kochin was carrying firtilizers from Kochin to Mangalore.
The injured have been shifted to various hospitals with the help of locals, police and firemen.
The traffic on the highway was affected badly as it was very difficult to move the damaged vehicles aside.
