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- A speeding truck hit a parked luggage rickshaw and a tender coconut vendor on National Highway 66 near Kumta on Thursday.
- The coconut vendor, Umesh R Malakar, 62, died on the spot in the accident.
- The rickshaw driver, Vasant Naik from Kalabhaga, was injured in the crash.
- The truck driver has been identified as Raghuveer Khushvaha from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.
- A case has been registered with Kumta police based on a complaint by Mohammad Ali Konchur, and the incident highlights the danger to roadside vendors on busy highways.
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- Action taken by Kumta police against the truck driver Raghuveer Khushvaha
- Condition and recovery of injured rickshaw driver Vasant Naik
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