Bengaluru motorist's death: Lorry driver sentenced to 2 yrs in jail

Bengaluru: A lorry driver, accused of causing the death of a 35-year-old scooter rider in a road crash in July 2023, has been sentenced to nearly two years imprisonment and fined.

Puttaswamy, 58, crashed into the back of a scooter on the Kadugodi railway bridge near Hope Farm in the Whitefield traffic police station limits around 11 am on July 18, 2023. The rider, Poornima S Hegde, was thrown to the ground. She succumbed to her injuries.

The ACJM Bengaluru Rural District Court sentenced him to a simple imprisonment of one year and nine months and a fine of Rs 15,500. If the fine amount is not paid, an additional three months of imprisonment will follow. The second accused, the lorry owner, Ramesh, 58, was also sentenced to three months of simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000.