Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jul 15: In an accident that occurred around midnight on Monday July 13, two persons died after a jeep and a motor bike were involved in a head-on collision near Panambur petrol bunk on national highway 17.
A jeep that was moving on the wrong direction in the one-way lane of the national highway at Jokatte Cross Bykampady, hit a motor bike that was moving towards Kulur from Bykampady. In the accident, motor bike rider Bharat Shetty (19) from Katipalla lost his life on the spot. Pillion rider Umesh Karkera (22) from Kavoor Shantinagar, who had sustained grievous injuries, was admitted into a private hospital in the city. He breathed his last on Tuesday July 14 morning.
Panambur policemen have registered a case.