Mangalore : Several new bikes rolled on to a gorge near Kottara cross in Mangalore on January 10, Thursday after a truck carrying as many as 61 new motorbikes overturned on the night of January 9, Wednesday.
The truck was on its way to Calicut from Maharashtra when the accident took place. The driver and the cleaner of the truck escaped with no injuries.
The accident is learnt to have taken place when the truck driver took the vehicle towards the extreme left in order to avert a speeding bus from behind hitting against the truck.
The traffic police have registered a case.