from special correspondent

Mangaluru: Sunil Acharya, a resident of Car Street locality, died in a car-scooter collision at the Kulur bridge on Wednesday.

He was on his way from Kulur to Panambur riding his bike. The two parallel bridges are meant for one-way traffic on either side. The westward bridge is meant only for northward traffic towards Udupi direction.

A car, whose driver arrived from the northern side in violation of the rule, hit the bike. Acharya, who was critically injured, died on the way to the hospital.

The north traffic police from Suratkal have registered a case.