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Wednesday, Oct 26, 2005

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Traffic jam claims woman's life

Bangalore Bureau

She was being rushed to a Bangalore heart hospital from Hosur

Bangalore: The heavy downpour in the southern and central parts of Bangalore in the latter part of the day coupled with traffic jams added to the woes of Bangaloreans returning home from work.

The traffic jam took a toll with a heart patient, being rushed to a Bangalore heart hospital from Hosur, succumbing enroute on the busy Double Road. The ambulance carrying the patient was stuck in the midst of a traffic jam and the driver could do little to cross over. Hapless motorists watched the patient and her attendants struggling in the ambulance before the patient died.

The ambulance driver, who was also weeping along with the patient's attendants, said it took him four hours to cover nearly 50 kilometres from Hosur to Bangalore. He first attempted to admit the patient at the Government Jayadeva hospital but could not enter the premises owing to water logging. Some passersby advised him to take the patient to the Mallya Hospital and all his efforts were in vain. The driver said he was witness to traffic jams from Hebbagodi on the Hosur Road.

Sub-inspector's body found

The body of Venkateshappa (52), sub-inspector of Kamasamudra police station in Bangarpet taluk of Kolar district, who was washed away along his jeep in flash floods in the early hours of Monday, was traced on Tuesday morning.

A team of Fire and Emergency Services personnel from Bangalore, with the help of the police and fishermen, traced Venkateshappa's body around 8.30 a.m. The body was found about three kilometres away from the spot from where he was washed away, police said. Inspector-General of Police (Central Range) B.G. Jyothiprakash Mirji supervised the search operations.

On learning about the derailment of Kanyakumari Express on a bride-over-stream near Varadapur in the early hours of Monday, Venkateshappa rushed there in his jeep. Following heavy rains in the area, he was washed away while driving on a bridge.

Union Minister of State for Surface Transport and Kolar MP K.H. Muniyappa visited the hospital at Bangarpet, where Venkateshappa's body was kept.

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