Bike-car collision in Davanagere: One youngster dead, another seriously injured
car driver absconding
Davanagere: A youngster who was on the way to a New Year party with his friend died in an incident of bike-car collision in the city shortly past midnight on Wednesday.
The deceased youngster is identified as Karthik, a resident of Nituvalli Layout in the city.
Karthik was riding along with his friend to attend a New Year party late Tuesday night on the Nutan College Road in Vidyanagar in Davanagere city, where the car collided with the bike reportedly around 1 am on Wednesday.
While Karthik died in the road accident, his friend is learned to be grievously injured in the accident and undergoing treatment at a local hospital. The car driver, however, escaped from the accident scene. The bike was found to be completely damaged due to the intensity of the collision.
A case has been registered at the Vidyanagar Police Station. The police officers visited accident spot as a part of the investigation.
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Five killed after being run over by truck in MP's Dindori
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Dindori (PTI): Five men were killed and one person was injured after being run over by a truck on a highway in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori district in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
The incident occurred around 1 am on the Jabalpur-Amarkantak National Highway near Kikratalaab village under Gadasarai police station limits when the victims were returning home in a pickup vehicle, they said.
A tyre of the vehicle got punctured, following which the driver started changing it and the occupants got out of the vehicle.
"A speeding truck ran over them. The driver told us he dozed off and could not see the victims," Dindori Superintendent of Police Vahni Singh told PTI.
The truck driver claimed the victims were standing in the middle of the road, she said.
Five men, including the pickup vehicle's driver, died on the spot, while one person suffered injuries and was admitted to a hospital, the official said.
The truck driver was arrested, the police added.
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