Bhatkal: A serial accident of 3 vehicles colliding with one another in a road mishap, between Shirali and Murdeshwar on NH17 (now66), on Tuesday morning, February 7, killed two persons on the spot, around 6 AM at down.

First, a lorry rammed into a state bus, and then a mini-lorry bumped into the lorry from behind. The Bus hit an electric pole, under the impact, by roadside.

Asif(24) and cleaner Arshad(28) who were in the little lorry, surprisingly died on the spot. Mansoor Asif, its driver, fled the place to escape.

The Kerala-based mini-lorry was transporting grapes from Bijapur to Cannanore(Kerala).

Bhatkal Dy SP M. Narayan and CIP Shivaprakash visited the spot, while Murdeshwar police registered a case.

Bodies of the 2 dead were shifted to a morgue in Murdeshwar Government hospital this afternoon.