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Time of India
21-05-2025
- Time of India
6 killed, 2 injured in road accident
Vijayapura: Six people, including two children, were killed on the spot, and two others were injured when an XUV collided with a private bus and a container on National Highway-50 at Managuli on Wednesday. The accident occurred when a Vijayapura-bound Mahindra XUV 300 jumped the median and collided with a Mumbai-Ballari private bus. Vijayapura SP Laxman Nimbargi, who rushed to the spot, said that the XUV driver along with the four passengers, and the bus driver were killed on the spot. The deceased were identified as T Bhaskaran Malakanthan, his wife Pavitra, their son Abhiram, and daughter Josna, all from Gadwal in Telangana; XUV driver Vikas Shivappa Makani, a resident of Horthi village; and bus driver Basavaraj Rathod, a resident of Kalgutagi Tanda. Bhaskaran's other son, Praveen Tej, is admitted to the district hospital in Vijayapura, and the container driver Channabasu Siddappa Mali, a resident of Hulajanti, sustained minor injuries. Eyewitnesses said that the XUV jumped the median and rammed into the private bus which in turn rammed into the container parked at the side. Along with the SP, ASP Shankar Marihal and Managuli police sent the bodies for post-mortem and cleared the traffic amidst incessant rains. Bhaskaran was working as a manager at Canara Bank, Horthi branch near Indi. He was returning from a family trip to South Karnataka when the accident took place.
United News of India
26-04-2025
- Automotive
- United News of India
Karna Kadur maintains pace to extend lead in APRC
Chennai, Apr 26 (UNI) Bengaluru ace Karna Kadur came up with a mature drive to open a sizable lead in the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship promoted by Vamcy Merla which is part of the Indu Chandhok Memorial 48th South India Rally, here on Saturday. With only four Special Stages to be run on the morrow, Kadur and his co-driver Musa Sherif have victory in their sights. Kadur leads his Arka Motorsports team-mate and the Delhi-Himachal Pradesh combination of Harkrishan Wadia and Kunal Kashyap by over a minute. In third place is their team-mate and former National champion Amittrajit Ghosh (Ashwin Naik) who nursed his patched-up Volkswagen Polo, a late replacement for his Mahindra XUV 300 which blew its engine during a test run a few days before the event. In the INRC category of the Blueband Fmsci Indian National Rally Championship Round-1 powered by Vamcy Merla, Kadur leads Ghosh with Suhem Kabeer (Vinay Padmashali) in third spot. About his performance today, Kadur said: 'I was a bit conservative in the first loop, especially the first Special Stage (AAVISA) which had some small rocks on the road. In the second run, I did not hold back since I knew the terrain would have been swept clean by the cars. So, I was able to make over a minute on my own time. Tomorrow is another day, but I will try to hold position and push only if I must. The main goal is to bring the car home in one piece.' Two of the front-runners in the APRC, Jason Saldanha and Chetan Shivram had issues with their respective cars and lost time that saw them drop down the order. The other big disappointment was the retirement of Hyundai i20 which is making its debut in the Indian motorsports scene with Hyderabad's Jeet Jhabakh packing up with a driveshaft problem but he is likely to rejoin the rally on Sunday, if the car is fully repaired. Meanwhile, the competition in the National championship was as razor sharp as ever with positions changing by the minute while Bengaluru-based Tarushi Vikram displayed impressive pace to lead the Women INRC class. Provisional, unaudited classifications (After Leg-1): FIA-APRC/Overall: 1. Karna Kadur / Musa Sherif (Arka Motorsports) (01 hr, 05 min, 25.4 secs); 2. Harkrishan Wadia / Kunal Kashyap (Arka Motorsports) (01:06:34.2); 3. Amittrajit Ghosh / Ashwin Naik (Arka Motorsports) (01:06:39.8). INRC: 1. Kadur / Sherif; 2. Ghosh / Naik; 3. Suhem Kabir / Vinay Padmashali (Pvt.) (01:09:03.9). INRC2: 1. Wadia / Kashyap; 2. Philippos Matthai / Harish KN (Arka Motorsports) (01:06:51.3); 3. Fabid Ahmer / Milen George (Chettinad Sporting) (01:06:56.1). INRC3: 1. Arnav Pratap Singh / Rohit N (SNAP Racing) (01:07:37.8); 2. Vishak B / Chiranth Jain (Chettinad Sporting) (01:07:52.8); 3. Abin Rai / Moideen Jasheer KM (Pvt.) (01:08:34.1). INRC 3T (Turbo): 1. C Ramcharan / Vignesh Mahalingam (01:14:40.1). Women INRC: 1. Tarushi Vikram / Vybhav Mukund Rao (01:11:51.0). UNI GV 2025
