Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jan 20: A woman died after an unidentified vehicle hit her while she was crossing the road at Thokkottu junction near here on Saturday, January 19.
Jayanti (67), wife of Ratnakar, a resident of Ranipur Santoshnagar, was going to the bank by walk on NH 66 when a vehicle hit her. She received grievous injuries to her head and died on the spot.
Jayanti is survived by husband, three sons and two daughters. Her younger son had left for Dubai on the morning of Saturday via Bengaluru. However, as he got the news while he was in Bengaluru, he returned from there to attend the last rites of his mother.
The identity of the vehicle is known through CCTV. Mangaluru South traffic police have registered a case and are searching for the vehicle which caused the accident.