Team Mangalorean - Bantwal

Bantwal: Sushruta (21), son of Ganapati Bhat of Alejji near Kuppetti in Uppinangady in Puttur taluk, was critically injured when the two-wheeler he was driving was knocked down by a bus at Netrakere near Vittal in the taluk on Wednesday.

He was rushed to a hospital in Mangalore in a 108 ambulance. Eyewitnesses faulted the rider for negligence.

The Vittal police have registered a case.