Nanjangud: A bike rider was killed on the spot and the pillion suffered serious injuries, when a KSRTC bus rammed into the bike he was riding at the under-bridge on MJS Road yesterday evening.
The deceased is Parashivamurthy (40), a resident of Moodahalli in the taluk. He was proceeding on his two-wheeler from Railway Station side towards KSRTC Bus Stand when a speeding bus knocked him down fatally. The seriously injured pillion rider identified as 42-year-old Basavaraju has been admitted to Nanjangud Government Hospital.
