Pics: Shivaram Acharya Bandimatt
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (RD/CN)
Udupi, Aug 19: A motorcyclist held up traffic on national highway (NH) 17, on Tuesday August 19, afternoon, following an altercation with the driver of a private express bus.
The motorcyclist, driving within the speed limit, on the highway at Santekatte near Kallianpur, was dangerously overtaken by the bus driver, almost forcing him off the road. On this, the motorcyclist followed the speeding bus and blocked its path near S M S College.
Traffic was piled up on either side of the highway for almost one and a half hour, with neither vehicle budging. The situation continued till the traffic police arrived on the spot. Sunil Kumar, sub-inspector, Brahmavar, registered cases against both persons and managed to clear the roadblock with the assistance of traffic policemen.