Bengaluru news: Toll operator crushed by truck without fastag

Bengaluru: A canter truck crushed a 25-year-old toll gate operator at the Navayuga toll plaza on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway on Friday night, a police official said. The accident occurred around 11.30 pm on Friday. The Nelamangala traffic police have identified the victim as King Cobra, a resident of Basaveshwara Nagar, Arsinakunte. He had visited the toll gate around five months ago. The police suspect that the canter truck did not have a Fastag.

“It is possible that the truck did not have a Fastag and the driver was trying to escape from the toll. We have come to know that Nagaraj was crossing the road to go back to the toll gate after dinner when the truck driver drove at a high speed and crushed him against the gate. He died shortly after,” said an official attached to the Nelamangala traffic police station. They have traced the vehicle to Hubli and sent a notice to the vehicle owner to appear. They have registered a case of negligent driving and causing death due to negligence under the Indian Penal Code.