Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (MS)
Puttur, Aug 30: In an accident that occurred on Monday August 29 at Kuppetti of the taluk, a youth, riding a bike died as his two wheeler was hit by a tipper.
The deceased is identified as Mohammed Safwan (18), son of Ibrahim, a resident of Khandiga Mane of Uligrama of Bantwal taluk.
Safwan dropped his father to his work place at Kuppetti and was rushing towards Punjalkatte as he received information that his relative youth met with an accident at Punjalkatte.
Safwan crashed onto the tipper truck and was thrown on the road and came under the wheels of a bus and died on the spot.
The tipper truck driver, who was responsible for the accident, escaped from the spot. Police confiscated the tipper at Beltangady.
Safwan was a student of ITI at Puttur. A case in this connection is registered by Puttur traffic police.