Kundapur, Jan 13: Five persons from Kundapur taluk lost their lives in two separate tragic incidents occurred on Sunday in Kundapur and Murdeshwar.
Car rams into tree
In the first incident, a middle aged couple and their car driver were died on spot when the vehicle in which they were travelling in rammed into a tree in the wee hours of Sunday at Bengare under the limits of Murdeshwar Police Station in Uttara Kannada district.
The deceased have been identified as Santosh Shetty (45) his wife Shakeela (35) and driver Keerthi Shetty (42), all three residents of Gulwadi in Kundapur.
According to local sources the accident occurred when the driver was trying to overtake a speeding vehicle while travelling. The family was on their way to Kundapur from Bijapur, where they run a hotel.
Two drown
In a separate tragedy, two youth identified as Shivraj Shetty (18), son of Sitaram and Dhanraj Shetty (15), son of Ravindra drowned while swimming in a river on Sunday noon at Aloor, near here.
The duo were enjoying the weekend holiday along with their friends at Sowpanika River near Huntana Godi, Durgaparameshwari Temple when the tragedy occurred.
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