One dead, two injured as two scooters hit parked truck on Nethravathi bridge
Ullal: With two scooters colliding with a truck on the NH 66 Thursday morning, one of the riders has died while a pillion rider and the rider of the second scooter are injured.
The deceased rider has been identified as Mohammad Noufal (26), a resident of Angaragundi. The injured pillion rider is identified as Umar Farooq. Information on the second rider is yet to be confirmed, police sources have said.
Both the riders were travelling from Pumpwell to Thokkottu on the way to the Kallapu Global Market on Thursday morning. Noufal, who owned a vegetable shop at the Baikampady APMC yard and travelled daily to Kallapu in a tempo, arrived in his scooter on the route to collect the vegetable supply.
The scooters crashed in quick succession against the truck that was parked on the Nethravathi bridge as it had broken down.
Mangaluru Traffic Police (South) have registered a case and investigation is on.
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Sooryavanshi's century in vain as SRH beat RR by 5 wickets
Jaipur (PTI): Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's century went in vain as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by five wickets in their IPL match here on Saturday.
Sooryavanshi hammered his second hundred in the IPL — a 37-ball 103 — as Rajasthan Royals put on board a strong 228 for six after they were put in to bat first.
Sooryavanshi got plenty of support from Dhruv Jurel, who made a 35-ball 51 and, helped the teenager milk 112 runs for the second wicket. In the death overs, Donovan Ferreira (33) played some big shots as RR went past the 200-run mark.
But, SRH chased down the target of 229 with nine balls to spare, with Ishan Kishan top-scoring with a 74 off 31 balls. Abhishek Sharma chipped in with 57 off 29 deliveries as SRH reached 229 for 5 in 18.3 overs.
Brief Scores:
Rajasthan Royals: 228/6 in 20 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 103, Dhruv Jurel 51; Pat Cummins 1/27, Eshan Malinga 2/38).
Sunrisers Hydearabad: 229 for 5 in 18.3 overs (Ishan Kishan 74, Abhishek Sharma 57; Jofra Archer 2/34, Brijesh Sharma 2/44).
