Belthangady, Feb 5, 2015: Two youngsters who were riding a motor bike met a tragic end when their two-wheeler fell into a pond near Odilu in Maddadka late night on February 3, Tuesday.
The deceased are Vishwanath alias Sunder Naik (26) of Tenka Edapadavu near Moodbidri and Madhusudan (24) of Uruvalu village. If Sunder was riding the bike, Madhusudan was on the pillion.
They were returning from the car festival of Mahalingeshwara Temple at Odilu when tragedy struck. The deceased Madhusudan was an MSc student of SDM College in Ujire.
Sources said Sunder lost control over his two-wheeler in a bid to avert collision with an oncoming vehicle. Their two-wheeler skidded and fell into the pond resulting in the tragedy.
By the time, people gathered and fire service personnel were informed the two had died.