Bhubaneswar: A mountaineer died after being pierced by a bull’s horn when his motorcycle hit the animal in Chandrasekharpur area on Thursday night. The bovine’s horns allegedly pierced the neck of Jagannath Mahanta (26), a native of Keonjhar district.Police said Mahanta, software engineer, was returning home from work when he lost control of his motorcycle while trying to avoid a collision with the bull and fell down. The bull’s horns pierced his neck, causing severe bleeding, while the impact also left him with a serious head injury.Locals rushed Mahanta to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared him dead. The Chandrasekharpur police registered a case of unnatural death and sent the body for postmortem at Capital Hospital. The body will be handed over to his family after the autopsy, police said.