Mysore/Mysuru: A tragic incident occurred last night as a one-and-a-half-year-old male tiger that strayed into urban areas searching for food, identified as T-6, was fatally struck by a speeding car near Mysore Airport on Nanjangud Road between 11.30 pm and 12.15 am.
The tiger sustained serious head injuries. Following the accident, the driver and occupants of the car hastily fled the scene, leaving the vehicle behind out of fear of consequences. The Forest Department, having seized the car (KA-51-D-1607) discovered it being registered in the name of one Susheela of Chamarajanagar but she was not driving. Efforts are underway to trace the driver of the car.
