The deceased and his daughter were conversing on a bad patch of road when a KSRTC bus rammed them down
The deceased and his daughter were conversing on a bad patch of road when a KSRTC bus rammed them down
The woman, who was critically injured in an accident on Monday morning when she was trying to negotiate a bad stretch of road, succumbed to her injuries in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to police, Umadevi, who was riding Pillar, was seriously injured after she was hit by a KSRTC bus near Lulu Mall, while her daughter, who was riding a scooter, was allegedly on a bad stretch of road. Trying to negotiate a pit. He needed surgery but before that could be done, he breathed his last at around 1 am due to excessive bleeding.
This is the fourth death from a pothole in the city this year. However, the government is not ready to say so yet. The traffic police confirmed that they have registered a case against the KSRTC driver involved in the accident, but no case has been registered against the civic authorities for the bad stretch of road to see if potholes caused the accident are being investigated. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that he has ordered an inquiry. “Road repair is only part of the problem. But I want to know why the accident happened.
Chief Municipal Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath inspected the accident site on Tuesday morning, by which time the municipal authorities had closed the potholes and remodeled the road. However, even that was done in a shabby manner, a reality check revealed. Responding to this, the Chief Minister said that this had also come to his notice and he would ask the officials to fill the potholes again.