Representative image showing a bike accident.
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Mangaluru: A 44-year old woman died after she was run over by a fish laden lorry on the National Highway 66 at Kulur on Tuesday.
According to the police, the deceased is Madhavi. The accident occurred when she was on the way back from her home in Baikampady to the hospital, where she worked as a lab technician in the blood bank.
The scooter which she was riding skidded due to a pothole on the stretch. As a result, she fell on the road and a fish laden lorry ran over her, killing her on the spot.
The Mangaluru North Traffic Police have registered a case for negligence against the lorry driver and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
The locals blamed the poor condition of the highway responsible for the accident and demanded that the potholes are repaired at the earliest. DCP (Crime and Traffic) K Ravi Shankar visited the spot.