Dental college student dies in accident

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The student of a dental college on the outskirts of Bengaluru, died while his friend was injured in an accident near Kengeri Traffic police station limits on Tuesday night. The deceased, identified as Alvin, 23, a native of Kerala, was pursuing his final year graduation course in a citybased dental college. He had rented a room in Babusapalya along with some of his friends, police said.

The incident took place on the Bengaluru-Mysuru road around 9:30pm when Alvin, along with his friend, was riding towards his house. Their bike collided with a speeding Canter vehicle which killed Alvin on the spot and left his friend with injuries. Kengeri Traffic police station rushed to the spot to investigate the exact cause of the accident. The deceased’s body was later shifted to Rajarajeshwari Hospital for the postmortem. The police have taken the Canter driver into custody.