Shivamogga: A 25-year-old medical student riding a two-wheeler was killed and the pillion rider grievously injured as a water tanker hit their vehicle on the premises of the McGann Hospital in the city on Thursday.

A case has been registered by the Shivamogga (West) Traffic Police officers, who are investigating the incident.

The deceased rider, identified as Lavanya, was a native of Karkala and doing her post-graduation in medicine. The pillion rider is being treated at the hospital.

The tanker that hit their two-wheeler arrived on the hospital premises reportedly to supply water for building construction work on the premises.

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