Padubidri, Sep 15, 2022: Fourteen year old Samarth who was critically injured in a hit and run accident near the Uchila Mahalaxmi Temple on the National Highway 66 on September 14, Wednesday morning, has succumbed at a private hospital in Udupi on Thursday.
Samarth’s father Prabhaker had died on the spot in the mishap. Samarth was a seventh standard student of Anegundi Saraswathi Peetha near Kaup. He had been to Belagavi for Ganesha Chaturthi celerbrations and had returned on Tuesday night along with his father.
An unidentified vehicle had knocked down the father and son while they were standing on the roadside.