Student killed as truck hits bike

A student of an engineering college was killed on the spot when a truck rammed his two-wheeler on Kengeri-Uttarahalli Main Road near Patalamma temple on Wednesday. 

Shakthivelu, 21, a third-semester student at the R N Shetty Institute of Technology, Channasandra, was hit by the truck as he tried to overtake it. He fell to the ground and sustained grievous injuries. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, police said.