Two youngsters killed, another injured as two motorcycles collide head on near Mani
Bantwal: In a horrific road mishap wherein two two-wheeler bikes collided head on, two people died on the spot while another person sustained severe injuries and has been shifted to private hospital in Mangaluru. The incident was reported on Tuesday night at Mani Mysuru Highway here.
The deceased have been identified as Mohammed Ajmal (19) and Parikshit (19) the injured victim has been identified as Padmanabha Gowda (28). Parikshit was reportedly a student of a private college in Puttur. Padmanabha Gowda was said to be riding pillion when the incident took place.
Parikshit and Padmanabha were heading towards Mane while Ajmal on his activa was on his way towards Kodaje when they collided head-on. All the victims were immediately rushed to hospital for treatment where two of them breathed its last after not responding to the treatment.
Vittla Police reached the spot and conducted initial investigation.
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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).
