Speeding truck knocked scooter rider to death in road accident 

Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya

A 40-year-old canter driver was killed after a speeding truck knocked down the scooter he was riding on Magadi road on Wednesday morning.

The deceased Somashekhar was returning home from work when the truck in a rash and negligent manner lost control and jumped the divider and collided with the scooter head on.

Due to the impact the scooter was crushed and Somashekhar was killed on the spot.

The Kamakshipalya traffic police rushed to the spot and detained the driver and seized the truck for further investigations

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