Mysore/Mysuru, July 26 -- MLA, City Top Cop call for crackdown on footpath, roadside encroachments

A tragic accident in Vivekanandanagar on Thursday has triggered public outrage after an elderly scooterist was fatally run over by a KSRTC city bus.

The victim, D.J. Parshwanathiah (81) of Srirampura, had reportedly halted his scooter to buy vegetables and milk. After the purchase, while attempting to navigate a narrow stretch choked by roadside vendors on one side and moving traffic on the other, his vehicle came into contact with bus and the bus brushed his two-wheeler.

The impact caused him to lose balance and fall under the rear wheel, resulting in fatal injuries. Eyewitnesses alleged that unauthorised vending had consumed not just th...