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Karnataka: Teacher dies after truck hits auto-rickshaw; video of incident goes viral on social media

A truck on Sunday (December 1) collided with an autorickshaw and dragged the vehicle few metres away, throwing the driver out from the vehicle and leaving one person dead on the spot in Karnataka's Mangaluru

Mangaluru: A 56-year-old teacher died after the auto-rickshaw in which she was travelling in was hit by a truck on Sunday (December 1) at Kadri Kambala in Mangaluru.

The deceased has been identified as Shailaja (56), and a video of the CCTV footage of the incident that has surfaced on social media shows a speeding truck hitting and dragging an autorickshaw.

While the driver was thrown out of the auto, the teacher was stuck inside the vehicle.

Shailaja was rushed to a nearby hospital, but doctors declared her brought dead. The driver of the autorickshaw is learnt to be out of danger.