One dead, 4 injured in serial accident in Bantwal taluk
Bantwal: One person died and four others were injured in a serial accident involving two cars and a bus in Manihalla here on Friday.
A E Praveen Joshi, who worked with Mescom (Vitla) and was in one of the cars, is learned to have died in the accident.
Joshi was travelling in his car from Madva Mane in Vagga, while the second car was going from Bantwal to Vagga. The two cars collided forcefully in Manihalla, which is situated within Bantwal Town Municipality limits, said sources.
A KSRTC bus, which was behind the collided cars, hit the vehicles in front too.
The front of Joshi’s car has been shattered due to the impact of the collision. As a result, the people who rushed to help the accident victims had to struggle to get Joshi out of his vehicle. He was admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru, but failed to respond to the treatment and died, the sources added.
Four passengers, who were in the other car, were injured and have also been admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru.
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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).
