Kasargod:  In a tragic mishap, the conductor of a bus got crushed under the tyres of his bus at a curve near Balanadka on the morning of July 26, Thursday. It is learnt, the bus was overcrowded and the conductor Shiju Kumar (24) who was on the foot board of the front door of the bus, fell off and got crushed under the rear tyres of the bus.

The deceased hailed from  Kundanguyi Chera Paikat and worked for  Bharatraj (Kalyani) private bus plying between Kasargod and Bandadka since some years.

Shiju it is learnt, was the sole bread winner of his family comprising his mother and sister.