Bengaluru, Sept 18: Drag-racing turned tragic for three minors as one of them was killed on the spot, while the other two sustained serious injuries on Saturday night.
The deceased is Arfan (16), while the injured are Srinivas (16) and Anirudh (16). They are being treated at a private hospital.
Arfan's father Saleem is a businessman, while Srinivas' father Govindaraju and Anirudh's father Krishnamurthy are IT professionals.
Arfan and Srinivas stayed with their parents at an apartment in Devarachikkanahalli, while Anirudh is a resident of HSR Layout. The trio are I PU students in separate private colleges, police said.
The police have arrested Anirudh and Srinivas for reckless driving. Govindaraju and Krishnamurthy have been held for allowing the teenagers to drive the cars.
They drove the cars up and down the elevated flyover in Electronics City. They reached Rupena Agrahara around 2.45 am, minutes before the accident, police said.
"Srinivas was driving the Toyota Innova in the middle of the road, while towards his left Arfan was driving a Skoda. Anirudh was driving a Swift Dezire on Srinivas' right side," said a senior police officer.
All the three cars were moving at a speed of over 160 kmph. Srinivas lost balance and his vehicle collided with the Skoda and Swift Dezire. Arfan was killed on the spot due to serious injuries.
One of the cars jumped to the other side of the road median due to the impact the accident. It crashed into a mini goods vehicle coming from the opposite direction. Later, it toppled, police said. The goods vehicle driver abandoned the vehicle and fled.
The Madivala traffic police have registered a case under IPC Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 304 A (causing death by negligence) 109 (abetment) and Sections 189 (racing and trials of speed) and 180 (allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles) of the Indian Motor Vehicles Act.
Engg student killed in accident
An engineering student was killed on the spot after the bike in which he was riding pillion rammed the parapet wall of a flyover in Yelahanka.
The victim, Basavaraj (21), a native of Koppal, was a fifth semester student of a private engineering college.
Basavaraj and his friends were returning after visiting Skandagiri Hill near Doddaballapur in different vehicles.
The accident occurred in front of Vidyashilpa School on the flyover. The rider sustained minor injuries. He is being treated at a private hospital.
Alert public help cops nab 'killer' driver
An alert car driver and his friend helped police arrest a lorry driver while he was trying to flee after mowing down a two-wheeler rider.
Based on the timely help by Girish K N and his friend Murali Prasad, both residents of Tumakuru, the police arrested Parameshwaraiah (57), the lorry driver.
According to the police, Parameshwaraiah was driving the lorry from MES Railway Gate to Gorguntepalya. He mowed down Santosh (21) near the railway gate and drove away.
Girish, who witnessed the accident, informed his friend Murali at Nelamangala on the phone, asking him to stop the lorry. Murali halted the lorry by waylaying it and also informed the police. The lorry didn't have the number plate. The traffic police felicitated Girish and Murali for their help.
Welcoming the move Dr Arathi Krishna told coastaldigst.com that Indians stranded in any foreign country can utilize this facility. "Initially, I was approached by Mr Zakaria and Mr Sheik who wanted chartered flights to help their employees fly back to India. I asked them to write to the Indian Ambassador in Saudi Araia Mr Ausaf Sayeed. Then I requested the ambassador to forward the request to Joint Secretary Dr Nagendra Prasad, who is in charge of gulf division in the Ministry of External Affairs, and then to Secretary on charge of Gulf and then I requested Secretary of Economic Relations Mr T S Tirumurti who was also in charge of Gulf to follow this up," she said.
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A trio of 16 year olds drag racing in Bengaluru at 2:45 AM? Driving fancy and expensive cars? "All three boys, studying in leading international schools and belonging to high profile families, went in three cars for a ride". These are kids, and I do not want to comment on WHO should be held responsible for their actions, even though in my heart I know who is accountable. This should open eyes of anyone who thinks their 16 year old kids should have access to their vehicles, let alone at 2:45 AM. Afran - RIP.
Agree police have to monitor and try to prevent such accidents. But You cannot monitor everywhere nor should they be made responsible for the irresponsible behavior of teeangers and their parents. People should be self-disciplined. They should know that they may be paying irrecoverable price for such jolly rides.
RIP Arfan
The traffic police should be more alert in stopping such reckless driving. They have cameras all over the place. They have a cell monitoring them. If they were doing their job by concentrating on such speeding on flyovers they could have arrested these boys even before the accident occurred.
Another incident of spoilt brats of rich parents. It is the parents fault in giving the vehicle key to their underage wards who have no license to drive. In this case the parents should be arrested and put behind bars for their negligence. During early morning one can see under age children driving a car, or a scooter, while the cop if present turns a blind eye.
Few more unruly bikers and drag racers killed... God is great.
Well deserved faith for ignorant parents. They will regret their whole life and serve as an example for few other ignorant parents.
Good. All three should have died, else they would be threat to innocent travelers on the road. Those taking risks should die and not innocent victims on road.No sympathy at all. It's unbelievable that parents cant track their kids in the night. If they seriously can't , then they deserve the repercussions.
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