Belthangadi: In a horrific road accident, a youth’s skull was ripped apart after he came under a private bus near Panejal near Belthangadi on March 31.

Chandrahas (28), a resident of Malanthbettu is the deceased.

The bus crashed into the bike when he was on his way to a grocery store in Gerukatte.

A case has been registered in Belthangadi police station in connection with the incident.