A woman riding pillion on a motorcycle, who fell down, died on the way to hospital near D M Kurke in the taluk on Thursday night.
Yashoda (25), wife of Palakshappa, a resident of Soppinahalli under Kanakatte hobli, was returning home from D M Kurke with her husband and daughter Niriksha when the accident occurred.
As Niriksha was ill they had been to a hospital in D M Kurke. Yashoda lost control and fell down on the road when Palakshappa applied break at a speed-breaker at Hirehalli on the way back to Soppinahalli.
She had sustained severe head injuries and succumbed while being shifted to a hospital in Bangalore. Police have registered a case.
(Published 17 March 2012, 16:58 IST)