Mangalore, July 10, 2014 : A 60 year old man has reportedly ended his life by jumping into the river from the Netravathi bridge on July 9, Wednesday evening. The incident took place hours after a 16 year old girl was found dead in the Phalguni river at Gurupur on Wednesday morning.
The deceased is yet to be identified. The man clad in white clothes had all of a sudden jumped into the bridge.
People passing that way, rushed to his rescue and after a search for almost half an hour, the man was brought to the banks but of no avail as he had breathed his last.
Traffic was disrupted on the route for some time.