A person died when a car he was travelling by hit a coconut tree after falling off the road near Madihalli Gate near Hirisave in Channarayapatna early morning on Sunday. The police identified the deceased as Praveen Kumar, 33, of Alphons Nagar in Channarayapatna taluk.
He was on a visit to Alphons Nagar from Bengaluru. His friend Alvin Antony, who was also travelling with him in the car, filed a complaint with the Hirisave police.