Arun Uppinangady
Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur
Puttur, Mar 9: A young man was killed on the spot after a speeding tipper rammed into his two-wheeler near Aditya Hotel at Uppinangady here on Wednesday March 9.
The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Hasainar (28), son of Ahamed, a resident of Hirtadka, Uppinangady.
A driver by profession, Hasainar was riding home in his TVS Jupiter scooter, when, on receiving a call on his cellphone, he stopped his two-wheeler beside the highway near Aditya Hotel and answered the call. While he was talking on the phone, a speeding and recklessly driven tipper plying towards Nelyady rammed into Hasainar, killing him on the spot. The tipper dragged the two-wheeler for a short distance, and the impact was such that it was completely wrecked.
However, the tipper driver, instead of stopping, sped away in a bid to escape, but the alert locals began to chase the tipper. The driver then stopped the vehicle about a 100 metres from the accident spot, got out and ran into a nearby plantation. The locals continued to chase him, but he managed to escape.
Hasainar leaves behind his parents, wife, two daughters and a son.
The tipper lorry belongs to Rajkamal Constructions.
The highway where the accident took place is quite wide and it is said that Hasainar had got off from the road and stopped near an electricity pole to answer the phone call. Still, the tipper hit him. Also, it is learnt that the tipper also scraped past a lorry that was parked behind Hasainar's scooter.
Following the accident, traffic was affected on the national highway for about an hour.
Puttur traffic police have registered a case.