Kundapur : A young bike rider identified as Satish Shetty met a tragic end in a collision between his bike and a bus  near Koteshwar on NH 66 on the night of December 9, Sunday.

The deceased hailed from Nesaramakki. The mishap took place when Satish was on way to  Thekkatte while the VRL bus was on way to Gulbarga from Mangalore. The bike was crushed under the tyres of the bus. A seriously injured Satish though was immediately rushed to the hospital, he breathed his last there.

Satish who earlier worked at Hyderabad had decided to stay at his hometown after his father passed away just 22 days ago