Belthangady : A 20-year-old student of Government First Grade College in Belthangady was killed and his friend sustained injuries in a road accident at Aladangai village near Vennur on Monday.

The police said the car, going towards Beltangady from Karkala, overtook a vehicle and hit the motorcycle that Hitesh (20) was riding.

Hitesh and his friend Santosh (22) fell off the motorcycle. Hitesh died while he was being taken to a hospital. Santosh has been admitted in a private hospital in Mangaluru.

In another accident, a 25-year-old man was killed and his 20-year-old sister was injured after their motorcycle was hit by a lorry in Addahole near Uppinangady on Monday.

According to the police, Ibrahim (25) and Sabiya (20) were on their way to Mangaluru from Champaknagar in Sakleshpur.

At Addahole, the motorcycle was hit by a lorry that was going towards Sakleshpur. Ibrahim died on the spot, while Sabiya has been shifted to a nearby hospital.