Student killed as cement-laden vehicle rams into bike

Mysuru: A 20-year-old student was killed when a cement-laden vehicle rammed into the bike he was riding on JLB Road-Devaraj Urs Road junction yesterday afternoon. The deceased student is Raghu, son of Devaraju and a resident of Yaraganahalli in city. He was pursuing his Diploma course at Banumaiah ITI College in Udayagiri here.

Raghu was proceeding on his Yamaha bike (KA-21-E-1083) from Dasappa Circle towards Ramaswamy Circle and had stopped the bike at JLB Road-Devaraj Urs Road junction as the traffic signal had turned red. The cement laden vehicle (KA-09-C-4665) which was coming from behind rammed into the bike resulting in Raghu falling from the bike and the vehicle running over him thus killing him, according to eyewitnesses.

This post was published on July 9, 2019 7:44 pm