Mangaluru, May 21: Both the drivers lost their lives when two Eicher trucks moving in the opposition directions collided with each other on Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway at Golithottu on the outskirts of the city on Sunday.
The deceased drivers have been identified as Manjunatha (27), son of Kallappa from Shikaripur and Nagesh (22), son of Thoppayya from Bengaluru. While the former died on the spot, the latter breathed his last at a private hospital in the city.
According to sources, that truck which was coming from Bengaluru, veered on to the wrong side of the road and rammed into the other truck coming from opposite direction.
The impact of the collision was such that both the drivers got sandwiched between the crushed faces of the lorries. The two lorries were separated with the help of a JCB.
Sleuths of Uppinangady police rushed to the spot and helped to restore the smooth flow of traffic on the highway. A case has been registered.
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