Two killed, two children injured in truck-scooter collision in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Two people died and two children were seriously injured in a collision between a truck and a two-wheeler on National Highway 66 near Kallapu, Mangaluru, on Sunday.
The victims of the accident were identified as Gangadhar (45), a resident of Tandolige, Jappinamogaru, and Nethravathi (48), a resident of Pajeer near Konaje, said sources.
Nethravathi’s daughter Moksha, aged four years, and nephew Jnanesh, aged six years, were injured seriously. Both the children were reportedly admitted to a private hospital in Deralakatte.
The two victims and the two children were traveling on the scooter from Pumpwell to Thokkottu in Mangaluru. When they reached Kallapu, a truck came to the highway from a private market. Being driven rashly and at high speed, the truck collided with the two-wheeler, the sources added.
All four people on the scooter were thrown on the road as a result. Nethravathi and Gangadhar were both fatally injured due to the impact of the fall and died, police have said.
The Mangaluru Traffic Police have reportedly registered a case against Hanif, the driver of the lorry that hit the two-wheeler.
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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).
