Mangaluru, Sep 19, 2022: A bike rider lost his life while the pillion rider sustained critical injuries after the bike skidded near the Jeppinamogaru Mahakalipadpu Cross on the National Highway 66 during the wee hours of September 19, Monday.
The deceased is Pratap Shetty (32), a resident of Chikkamagaluru who served as a manager at the Wine and Dine Bar at Thokkottu Ambika Road. His cousin Abhi Shetty(22), also of Chikkamagaluru, who was pillion riding is injured and admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru. Abhi works in the same Wine and Dine Bar as a counter boy.
Both of them were returning to Farangipete after work at around 2 am when the rider lost control over the bike. Pratap died on the spot.