Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SB)
Mangaluru, Jul 27: An accident at Nantoor in the city snatched away the life of a young girl on Thursday July 27.
Bindu, a second-year PU student of a private college in the city, died after a container lorry hit the two-wheeler she was riding pillion in.
It is learnt that Bindu along with her father Maheshwarappa was on her way to a hospital for check-up. When they reached Nantoor, a recklessly driven container lorry bearing Uttar Pradesh registration rammed into Maheshwarappa's scooter.
Maheshwarappa escaped unhurt, while Bindu who was riding pillion got trapped in the tyre.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she breathed her last late in the evening.
The police have arrested lorry driver identified as Sarthaj Husain from UP.
Bindu's father Maheshwarappa, a resident of Konchady here, is the deputy director of cooperative societies audit department.
Bindu was the only daughter to her parents.
Mangaluru East traffic police have registered a case.