Pramesh Jain
A 20-year-old youth was killed and 13-year-old girl riding pillion injured when the bike they were riding collided head on with a truck in Byadarahalli on Friday night.
The deceased has been identified as Mayur, resident of Srigandhakaval was on a joy ride on newly purchased bike by his friend.
According to the police Mayur friend had purchased the brand new sports bike and Mayur had borrowed the bike for a ride.
He along with a girl from neighbourhood went on a joy ride and while reaching the new link service road he lost control over the bike and collided with the truck and sustained severe head injuries.
Passers-by rushed both the injured to hospital where he succumbed later.
The girl sustained multiple injuries and being treated at a private hospital .
Mayur was pursuing BCOM at a private college and son of Suryodaya,an actor acted in kannada and Tulu movies.
Mayur, the son of Kannada filmmaker Suryoday Perampalli died after his motorcycle collided with a water tanker in Bengaluru. He was 20.
The Byadarahalli police told media persons, Mayur was reportedly speeding and could have failed to properly gauge the water tanker ahead of him.
As he was riding a 300cc motor bike so due to over-speeding,he collided with this tanker from behind and due to the impact succumbed on his way to the hospital,”the police added.
Perampalli has produced and directed superhit Tulu film, ‘Deyi Baidethi – Gejjegiri Nandanodu’, an adaptation on the life of Deyi Baidethi, the mother of Koti and Chennayya who were the twin warriors of Tulunadu (present day Mangaluru and Udupi districts).
They fought valiantly on the battleground and died nearly 500 years ago.The movie has won three state awards.
Encouraged by the success of this movie, Perampalli also directed the Kannada movie,Salt, a comedy-crime thriller in February 2021.
In the last one month,this is the third road accident involving the Kannada film industry.
Earlier, it was Sanchari Vijay who died on the spot while just two days ago,noted Kannada actor and BJP leader Jaggesh’s son Yathiraj met with an accident but escaped with minor injuries.This was followed by 20-year-old Mayur who died in a bike accident.
The Byadarahalli police have taken up a case and are investigating.
