Bantwal: In an tragic accident a youth was killed on on Saturday. He who reportedly fell under the wheels of  a lorry on the national highway near Thumbay.

He was riding from Mangalore towards B C Road when the accident took place. It is said that he was riding a Pulsar bike at a high speed , when he hit the devider and came under the wheels of a lorry and died on the spot.

The deceased is identified as Sunil(23), son of Anni Naik , a resident of Moodbidri Humadelu and he works as pigmy collector at BC Road.