Kumta: Six-year-old boy killed as bike and rickshaw collide in Sante Gadde

09:28AM Wed 16 Dec, 2020

Kumta: A boy sitting on the back seat of an  auto-rickshaw was killed on the spot as a result of a collision between a bike and an auto-rickshaw at Sante Gadde in Marzan of Kumta. The victim has been identified as Tanmia Sadanand Madiwal (6). According to reports, the biker was coming from Sante Gadde towards Marzan when he collided with a rickshaw coming from opposite direction, as a result of which both rickshaw and bike fell to the ground. As a result, Tanmia, son of the driver in passenger seat, sustained serious head injuries and succumbed to dead. A case has been registered in this regard at Kumta police station.