A tanker driver was killed when his vehicle collided with a truck at Katapady village coming under Kaup Police Station limits in the early hours of Wednesday.
According to the police, Srinidhi, truck driver, was driving the truck from Mangaluru to Hosapete, when tanker driver Selvakumar came from behind and hit his truck at Katapady at 30 minutes past midnight.
As a result of the collision, the front portion of the tanker was completely damaged. Srinidhi and others present there managed to remove Selvakumar from the tanker.
Selvakumar, who had suffered severe injuries to his head, body and hands, was rushed to the District Government Hospital in Udupi, where doctors pronounced him dead.
A case has been registered at the Kaup Police Station.