Kasaragod: Two college students were killed and another was seriously injured when their motorcycle crashed head-on into an oncoming school bus Friday morning in Kasaragod district.
The accident happened at Miyapadavu in Meenja grama panchayat.
The deceased has been identified as Preetesh Shetty (18), son of Poornima Shetty and Harish Shetty, who is the president of Miyapadavu Service Cooperative Bank; and Abhishek Bhandari (18), son of daily wage labourers Suresh Bhandari and Harinashi Bhandari of Miyapadav.
The injured boy has been identified as Namith Shetty (17), son of daily wage labourer Vishwanatha Shetty and Meenakshi. He has been rushed to a private hospital in Mangaluru.
The three boys -- students of Shree Devi College Prerana First Grade College in Mangaluru -- were triple riding on the motorcycle. Every day, they used to go to Manjeshwar railway station, 12km away, on the motorcycle and then board a train to Mangaluru to go to their college, said Meenja panchayat member Janardhana Poojary.
The motorcycle crashed into the bus at a sharp curve on the village road around 7.15 am at Miyapadavu.
Preetesh's father Harish Shetty and elder brother are now in Sabarimala, said panchayat vice-president Jayarama. "They have started their journey back home," he said.
