One person died, one was missing and two escaped with injuries when the car in which they were travelling plunged into the Arabian Sea from National Highway 66 at the famous Maravanthe Beach in Udupi district late on Saturday night.
The deceased was Viraj Acharya (28), son of Vilas Marbles owner Ramesh Achar Neramballi and resident of Golibettu in Beejadi village of Kundapura taluk, police informed. His body was found on the driver’s seat with the seat belt tied when the wreck was removed. His cousin Roshan was found missing and feared to have drowned. Two other cousins, Sandesh and Karthik escaped with minor injuries.
