A 24-year-old motorcycle rider was killed when a BMTC bus ran over him while he was negotiating a rumble strip in Choudeshwari Nagar outer ring road on Wednesday night.
The deceased Pramod Kumar,working as electrical supervisor at a private firm was returning home to Laggere after work when the accident occurred at around 10 pm .
The bus was moving from Summanahalli towards Laggere.
Senior officer visited the spot after inspecting the spot said that Pramod slowed down his bike to negotiate the rumble strip when the BMTC bus coming from behind knocked him down before running over him.
The profusely bleeding Pramod was pulled out from under the bus and rushed to KC General hospital where he was declared as brought dead.
The Kamakshipalya traffic police rushed to the spot and seized the bus and arrested the driver identified as Hasim Sab,44, was arrested under death due to negligence .The motorcycle was mangled due to impact of the accident.
