Mangaluru: Tipper kills Engg student; body lies on road for half an hour

Mangaluru, Sep 21: An engineering student died after his motorbike collided with a tipper-lorry in Naguri on Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway on Wednesday.

The deceased has been identified as Ahmed Raiyan (19), son of Riyaz Chenna, a native of Bhatkal. He was a first year Bachelor of Engineering student of Sahyadri College of Engineering, Adyar Mangaluru.

According to police, Raiyan was on his way to his hostel when the accident occurred. When the boy reached Nagori, a speeding tipper rammed into his motorbike

He was thrown onto the road and died on the spot. The driver of the tipper fled from the scene immediately.

For more than half an hour the body of Riyan was lying on the road as passersby and local residents decided to stay away.

For more than half an hour of the death of Ahmed Riyan, no efforts were made by anyone to shift the dead body from the road.

Police reached the spot after half an hour and shifted the body for Government Wenlock Hospital for post-mortem. When the news began to spread members of Bhatkal Hostel, Mangaluru and Bhatkal Muslim Jamaath Mangaluru rushed to the hospital.

The body was later handed over to family members. The final rites will be held in Bhatkal.