Mangaluru: 70-year-old senior citizen hit by over-speeding bus at Baikampady; dies on the spot
Mangaluru: In a tragic road accident a 70-year-old man died on the spot when his two-wheeler was hit by a city bus on Thursday evening on National Highway at Baikampady here.
The deceased has been identified as Sundar Salian (70), a resident of Krishnapur in Mangaluru. Sundar was a retired employee of NMPT Port where he had served as the operator in Marine division of the port.
According to the reports, Sundar was on his way to his residence in Krishnapur from Baikampady when he was hit by an over-speeding city bus. The incident left Sundar with critical injuries and he soon breathed his last on the spot.
Sundar is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
A case has been registered at Mangaluru North Traffic Police Station in this regard.
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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).
