Udupi: Passenger dies of cardiac arrest on board bus

June 9, 2015

Udupi, Jun 8: A 55-year-old person died, when he was travelling in a private service bus from Gudeangady to Manipal, on Monday.

According to social worker Nityananda Volakadu, the passenger Gopal Naik (55) had got into the bus at Gudeangady in Hiriyadka and had taken a ticket to Manipal. But he did not get down at Manipal.

The bus conductor went to check on Naik, when the bus reached Indrali bus stop.

But when the conductor touched him, he collapsed. Immediately the bus conductor contacted the traffic police outpost in Udupi and reported the matter to them.

The traffic police in turn called Mr. Volakadu, who rushed to the Udupi City Bus Stand with his ambulance and took Naik to District Government Hospital where the doctors pronounced him brought dead, Mr. Volakadu said.

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