Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal
Bantwal, Dec 2: In a tragic incident, two brothers were killed after a recklessing driven sand-laden truck rammed into their bike on national highway at Sattikallu near Gadiyar here on Wednesday December 2.
The deceased have been identified as Ashik (26) and his brother Shafique (23), sons of Puttaka of Kalladka.
It is learnt that the brothers were riding from Uppinangady to Mangaluru when a sand-laden truck plying from Mangaluru to Bengaluru came on the wrong side in a bid to overtake and smashed into their bike.
The truck driver fled from the spot soon after the accident.
Following the accident, angry locals began stopping all sand-laden lorries on the highway and staged a flash protest, demanding that the DC or tahsildar visit the spot.
Ashik was engaged and his wedding was scheduled to take place soon. He was employed in the Gulf. The brothers' father Puttaka is a fisherman.
The bodies were taken to Bantwal government hospital.
Puttur traffic police have registered a case.