One killed, two others injured as bus hit two-wheeler in Manjeshwar
Manjeshwar: In a tragic road accident one person died while two others including a pedestrian sustained critical injuries after a government bus driver lost control over the wheels and hit a two-wheeler rider here in Manjeshwar on Wednesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Lokesh (45), a resident of Kunjattur Mahalingeshwar while his wife Shailaja (41) who was pillion riding with Lokesh sustained injuries along a pedestrian identified as Ravi (45) a resident of Udyawar.
According to the reports, the accident took place around 10 am on Wednesday morning near Sandhya Garage on Manjeshwar National Highway.
Eye witnesses revealed the incident took place when the bus driver in an attempt to avoid collision with Ravi who was crossing the road, steered the bus to the other end and collided with the two-wheeler of Lokesh. All the three including Ravi sustained injuries in the accident and were rushed to local hospital for treatment. Lokesh succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital.
A case has been registered at Manjeshwar Police Station.
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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).
