Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod
Kasargod, May 19: A student studying in a college at Sullia in Dakhina Kannada district died in a tipper lorry-bike accident near Kasargod on Monday May 19. Another youth was seriously injured.
The deceased, identified as Varadraj Iyer (23), was from Ernakulam, Kerala.
He was a mechanical engineering student of KVG College, Sullia, and was in the final year of his course.
It is said that on Monday, Varadraj and his friend Karthik Ramesh (23), also from Ernakulam, were riding towards Kasargod. When they reached Bovikanna-Hiriyanni junction, a tipper lorry laden with gravel stones came on the wrong side and rammed into their bike.
They were rushed to hospital, but Varadraj breathed his last on the way. Karthik, who sustained serious injuries, was admitted to a hospital in Mangalore.
It is said that they were riding from Sullia to Kasargod, from where they planned to take a train to their hometown Ernakulam.
A case has been registered by Adoor police.