Mangalore: College professor dies in tipper-bike accident
Mohan Kuthar/Ramesh Pandith
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Oct 21: A lecturer teaching in a college at Yekkur was killed in an accident at Jeppinamogeru here on Monday October 21.
The deceased has been identified as Iqlas Ahmed (54), a resident of Someshwar.
He was an assistant professor at Fisheries College, Yekkur.
Ahmed was riding home from college when the accident took place.
It is said that when he reached Jeppinamogeru, a tipper lorry laden with mud suddenly took a left turn and hit his bike. He was rushed to Indiana Hospital in a critical state, and breathed his last soon after.
The bike got crushed under the tipper.
Mangalore rural police have registered a case.