Three killed in fatal road accident near Kaup

On sunday 09-09-2007, at about 3.45 pm near Polipu, Kaup on the national highway 17, a school bus of Vidya Niketan school coming from Udupi towards Kaup and a truck coming in the opposite direction met with a head-on collision, resulting in the death of a school teacher and two students of the school travelling in the bus. The driver of the bus, Devananda is undergoing treatment for injuries and is out of danger. The names of the deceased are as follows,

1. Anisita Naveen aged 36 yrs, teacher
2. Rajat Sharma aged 13 yrs, student of 8th standard
3. Smitha aged 16 yrs, student of 10th standard

A case has been taken up against the rash and negligent driver of the truck on the complaint of the school bus driver, and is under investigation.