Puttur, Nov 2: A boy lost his life and two others suffered injuries after a speeding car hit them today near Darbe bypass in Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district.
It is learnt that two children and a woman were waking on the left-hand side of the road when the Kerala-registered Maruti Swift car knocked them down.
All three pedestrians were immediately rushed to the hospital. However, the 9-year-old boy among them breathed his last due to excessive bleeding.
The condition of another child is said to be critical and he has been shifted to a private hospital in Mangaluru. The woman is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Puttur.
After hitting the pedestrians, the car returned back to the road and rammed into a Maruti S-Cross car causing severe damage.
A case has been registered at the jurisdictional police station and investigaions are on.
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