The residents of Kurubur village near T. Narsipur in Mysuru district b locked the national highway after an elderly man riding pillion on a two-wheeler was killed in a road mishap on the highway on Saturday.
When 78-year-old K.G. Nagaraju, a resident of Kurubur village, was fatally knocked down by another speeding two-wheeler while travelling pillion on the motorcycle with his son Rajesh on the stretch of the national highway between T. Narsipur and Kollegal, the residents of the village gathered at the spot and blocked the highway in protest against the failure of the authorities to make the road safer for travel.
His son Rajesh suffered grevious injuries and was rushed to the hospital.
