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Okkettur: Bike –jeep accident claims pillion rider’s life
Team Udayavani, May 21, 2018, 10:51 AM IST
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Bantwal: A teenager lost his life after the bike on which he was travelling pillion was hit by a jeep at Okkettur on Mangaluru-Vittal Road on Sunday, May 20th.
The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Afrid (17), son of Kunhimonu, a resident of Okkettur in Vittal Kasaba village. Afrid was employed at a jewellery shop at Vittal and was on his way towards Vittal on his friend Mohammad Ishaq’s bike when the accident occurred.
According to eyewitnesses, Afrid’s bike was hit by a jeep while negotiating a curve near the Okkettur bridge. The impact of the collision hurled Afrid on to the road, followed by a bus that was passing along that route ran over him, killing him on the spot.
The bike rider escaped without injuries and a case has been registered at Vittal Police station.
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