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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Two injured as MK's security van overturns
Two policemen were injured when a security van escorting Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi overturned on the Yeshwanthpur flyover on Sunday morning.
Karunanidhi was heading towards the Bengaluru International Airport
to catch a 10.20 am flight to Chennai when the driver of the vehicle at
the tail end of the convoy lost control, leading to the mishap around
9am. The rest of the motorcade went ahead, oblivious of the missing
security van.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam patriarch was
returning home after visiting his daughter Selvi, a resident of JP
Nagar. The accident did not affect Karunanidhi's schedule.
The
injured policemen, assistant sub-inspector Channe Gowda and constable
Badrinath, have been kept under observation at MS Ramaiah Memorial
Hospital. The doctors treating them said their injuries were not
life-threatening.
Ten City Armed Reserve policemen - the strike
force - were in the van that had overturned. The accident held up
traffic on the flyover. However, police soon pressed a crane into
service and removed the vehicle.
Deputy commissioner of police
(Traffic West) PH Rane, who was travelling just behind Karunanidhi'scar, said that the convoy was informed of the accident 15 minutes
later, when they had reached Mekhri Circle. "We deploy the strike force
to intervene in case of emergency. The driver of the van tried to
negotiate a right turn, but lost control over the vehicle. Even though
he applied brakes, the vehicletoppled," he said.
When Karunanidhi
was proceeding towards Selvi's house on December 24, the jammer in his
motorcade had caught fire near Hebbal flyover.The security personnel
extinguished the fire.
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