Toll staffer towing vehicle on Bengaluru flyover dies after pickup van hits him

Manjunath P joined the night shift on Bengaluru’s Electronics City elevated road as he had in the morning been busy inviting guests to his daughter’s wedding scheduled for August 10.

The incident took place around 11.30 pm, when the deceased, Manjunath P (R), and the two others were on the flyover. (Express)

A 52-year-old tollway staffer was killed and two others were injured on Bengaluru’s Electronics City elevated road after a speeding pickup van hit them when they towed another vehicle late on Saturday.

The incident took place around 11.30 pm, when the deceased, Manjunath P, and the two others were on the flyover. “Rajanna, Satish and Manjunath, all staffers of the tollway, received a call that a vehicle had broken down on the flyover,” a police officer said.

As Rajanna and Satish were busy towing the vehicle, Manjunath was handling traffic. A speeding Mahindra Bolero pickup truck hit Rajanna and Manjunath. While Satish managed to jump to the other side, Manjunath was critically injured in the incident. He was shifted to a nearby hospital but doctors declared him dead on arrival, the police officer said.

Manjunath joined the night shift as he had in the morning been busy inviting guests to his daughter’s wedding scheduled for August 10, the police officer said.

The Hulimavu traffic police have registered a case and started an investigation.

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