Mangaluru:  A 27-year-old nursing college student riding his bike was killed on the spot after he was hit by an unidentified vehicle on NH 66 here in the city on Tuesday afternoon.

The deceased student has been identified as Manas Ugale (27), a resident of Pune in Maharashtra. He was reportedly a student in a private nursing college in Mangalore.

According to the reports, the incident took place on NH 66 between Nanthoor and Pumpwell on Monday, when Manas traveling on his bike.

An unidentified vehicle hit him and fled from the scene.

A case in this regard has been registered at Mangaluru East Traffic Police Station and further investigations are underway.

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Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.

Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.

The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.

According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.

Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.

Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.

The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.

There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.

The rescue operations are ongoing.