Udupi: 25-year-old killed in bus-bike collision at Malpe


Pics: Umesh Marpalli
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (UM)

Udupi, Feb 12: A youth was killed in a collision between a bus and a bike at a Malpe here on Monday February 12.

The deceased has been identified as Manjunath Naik (25), a resident of Someshwar in Hebri.

Manjunath was riding from Malpe towards Hoode while the bus, plying from Hoode to Malpe rammed into his bike.

The accident took place just 300 metres from the police station. On receiving information, Malpe SI Madhu rushed to the spot and shifted a critically injured Manjunath to hospital, where he was declared brought dead.

It is said that Manjunath was wearing a helmet of poor quality. The helmet split open due to the impact of the accident.

Manjunath was unmarried and was employed in the tile business.

Malpe police have registered a case.

  

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  • Krishna kumar, Kodi/Bangalore

    Tue, Feb 13 2018

    A strong message for a big facelift of Road infrastructure in this area, due to lot of business activity. Poor quality Roads lead to accidents. RIP Manjunath.

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  • sri_elder, Karkala

    Tue, Feb 13 2018

    RIP...

    Need to have speed limit for bike also...

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mangalore

    Tue, Feb 13 2018

    A good quality helmet should be a part of accessories with every Bike.
    RIP Manjunath ...

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  • Change, K'taka

    Mon, Feb 12 2018

    RIP brother

    Hope family could bare the tragedy and loss of its member.

    The picture says bike is almost at the center of the road, he still had enough space to his left. Hope he was not riding fast.

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