Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur
Puttur, May 21: Two persons died in a collision between Eicher trucks at Golithottu on Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway here on Sunday May 21.
The deceased have been identified as Manjunath (27), son of Shikaripura resident Kallappa, and Nagesh (22), son of Nelamangala resident Thoppaiah. They were drivers of each of the trucks involved in the accident.
The accident took place when the truck plying from Bengaluru rammed head-on into the other truck near Golithottu bridge. The impact was such that drivers of both the vehicles got trapped inside.
A JCB was then brought to the spot to disentangle the mangled trucks. While Manjunath was found to have died on the spot, Nagesh was rushed to a hospital in Mangaluru, where he breathed his last.
Uppinangady police arrived at the spot and registered a case.