Mangalore: One Dies on Spot in Bike-lorry Collision - Police Cane Angry Crowds
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (AF)
Pics: Sphoorti Ullal
Mangalore, May 16: One person died and another suffered injuries when the bike they were riding rammed against a lorry at Mahaveer Circle (Pumpwell) here on Friday May 16 morning.
One of them died on the spot while the injured has been taken to district Wenlock Hospital. The identities of the two people are yet to be established.
Soon after the accident people gathered at the spot and vent their anger on the lorry driver and smashed the windshield of the lorry. The police had to use lathi charge to disperse the crowd.
According to eyewitnesses, the accident happened when the lorry plying from NH 48 tried to overtake the bike near the circle.