Puttur, Feb 04, 2015:A pick-up vehicle which went out of control of its driver at Boluvar and rammed against as many as four bikes and a car, claimed the life of a police constable and injured five persons before coming to an abrupt halt.
The deceased constable is Nemiraj (45). It is learnt the pick-up vehicle carrying plywood, first crashed against the two-wheeler of Nemiraj from the rear end and later rammed into a Desire car and three other two-wheelers. Nemiraj is learnt to have died on the spot. The mishap took place when he was riding his bike towards Mahaveer Medical Centre from Darbe.
A case has been registered by Puttur Traffic Police.