Midnight craving for snack costs techie his life

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A young techie on the way to get midnight snacks and drinks was killed in an accident near Banashankari traffic police station limits in the city.
The jurisdictional police identified the deceased as Srikanth, 23.
Preliminary investigation after the incident revealed that a group of five people including Srikanth had organized a party at their PG near Banashankari.
Deciding to buy some drinks and snacks for the party, Srikanth headed towards the BDA complex around 12:30 am. As he reached near the Kamakya bus stop, he lost his balance on the bike and crashed into a nearby tree.
The police said that Srikanth sustained severe head injuries in the accident. Some of his friends, following him on their bikes, rushed to his rescue and shifted him to the DG hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Police suspect that the deceased was overspeeding which caused him to lose his balance on his bike.
It was revealed that Srikanth was working as a software developer at a private firm.
The traffic police have taken up a case regarding the incident.