First PU student dies in accident on Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway

A 16-year-old boy died after the car in which he was travelling hit a stationary gas tanker near Karbasanka at Nelyadi, on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway, in the early hours of October 22.The Uppinangady police gave the name of the deceased as Anvin Jojo George, a first-year pre-university student of St. Philomena College in Puttur.In the complaint filed at the Uppinangady police station, Anvin’s father Jojo T. George, the owner of Flowers Hotel in Nelyadi, said he was driving the car along with his son. Around 1 p.m., the car hit the gas tanker.Anvin died on the spot. The police said Jojo was injured. He was admitted to a private hospital. He is out of danger. Published - October 22, 2026 03:20 pm IST