Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Jul 31: In an accident which occurred in Padubidri town in the district on Saturday July 30 morning, a motor bike rider was killed after an express bus knocked him down.

Sambhram Bhandary (24) from Kuntalpady, Karkala, was moving towards Mangaluru from his hometown in his motor hike. Sambhram, employed in a company in Mangaluru, was returning to Mangaluru after visiting his native place. Tragedy struck at around 8.30 am as soon as he reached Padubidri when the left side of an express bus moving towards Mangaluru from Udupi brushed against the right side of his motor bike.

As soon as Sambhram, pushed by the bus, hit the road, the rear tyres of the bus moved over his waist. Padubidri police said he died of kidney failure as a result.

It is learnt that Sambhram was unmarried. He owned an apartment at Mangaluru. He normally visited Karkala in his car, and as fate would have it, had decided this time to use the motor bike of his younger brother, leaving behind his car in Karkala.

The deceased was a past student of National Institute of Technology (Karnataka), Suratkal. He has left behind parents, a brother, and a sister. A case about the accident was registered in Padubidri police station.