India, Jan. 27 -- A 26-year-old software engineer in Bengaluru, lost his life in an accident on ITPL Road in Brookefield, on Friday evening.

The incident, reported around 6.30 pm near the Airports Authority of India (AAI) compound wall, occurred when Rohith R Patil was commuting to his workplace in Brookefield in East Bengaluru, Deccan Herald reported.

According to the police, his motorcycle skidded after an optical fibre cable, abandoned on the road, became entangled in the bike's wheel. This caused him to lose control and fall.

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Following this, a BMTC bus ran over him before it could come to a halt.

According to police offic...