Mangaluru (Karnataka), April 1 A woman and her son were killed after their motorcycle collided with a stationary tipper truck in the Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Wednesday.
The accident occurred on Mahaveer College road in the Moodbidri municipal area of this district on Tuesday evening, they said.
The deceased were identified as 68-year-old Prema Shetty and her 30-year-old son Srinivas Shetty, residents of Neeralkatte in Gantalkatte, police said.
Srinivas was a daily wage labourer, they said.
According to police, the two were travelling on a motorcycle from Moodbidri towards Gantalkatte when they allegedly crashed into the tipper truck parked on the roadside near a petrol station.
Prema died on the spot, while Srinivas sustained critical injuries and later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, a senior police officer said.
The family had suffered a similar tragedy last year when Prema's younger son died in a rickshaw accident.
Moodbidri police are investigating.
