Motorcyclist, 61, run over by tipper

Coimbatore: A 61-year-old motorcyclist was run over by a tipper truck near Krishna Colony on Trichy Road on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as K Nandagopal of Uppilipalayam. When he was passing through Trichy Road, a tipper truck hit behind his bike, police said. Nandagopal was thrown off and his head was crushed under the wheels of the truck.The traffic investigation wing (east) police sent the body to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for postmortem and registered a case against the truck driver.