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2 die after tanker and car collide

Mangaluru: Two people, including an

ayurveda practitioner

, were

killed

in a

head-on collision

between a

car

and a

tanker

at

Bedrodi

, in

Puttur traffic police station

limits on Sunday morning.

Police said the victims are Dr

Jaini Shaji

, 43, and Jithin, 27. Shaini Shaji, who is grievously injured, is being treated at a private hospital in Mangaluru. The victims were residents of Nelyadi.

The incident took place around 6.45am, when a tanker plying towards Kolar from Mangaluru met with a head-on collision with a multi-utility vehicle with the three victims in it, who were going towards Uppinangady from Nelyadi. Locals removed the victims from the car and rushed them to a nearby hospital. Police said Jaini and Jithin were declared brought dead to hospital. Police have seized the tanker.

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