40-year old bike rider killed on the spot in road accident at Udupi
Kapu: In a tragic road accident a bike rider died on the spot after being hit by an cap near Pangal on NH 66 at Kapu in Udupi District here on Tuesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Sudhakar (40), a resident of Udyavar in Udupi District. Sudhakar was reportedly working as a painter to earn his livelihood.
According to the reports the incident took place when an over-speeding heading towards Udupi from Mangaluru crossed road divider and overturned on the other side of the road after the driver lost control over the wheels. Sudhakar who was heading towards Kapu from Udupi was hit by the over speeding car.
Sudhakar sustained grievous injuries and breathed his last on the spot. The car driver who has also reportedly sustained minor injuries fled from the scene leaving the car at the accident spot.
Kapu Police reached the spot and registered a case.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
