Triple riders fall off flyover, 2 die

Hameed Ashraf | NT

Bengaluru: In yet another tragic accident, two persons fell off the elevated highway while another suffered injuries after their bike crashed into a median wall of the flyover near the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in the city on Saturday.

According to the Yelahanka traffic police, the persons were overspeeding besides riding triples. The deceased were identified as Amod Pramod Amte, 29, a native of Maharashtra; Amit Singh, 29, a native of Delhi and Saurav Dev, 28, hailing from Rajasthan.

As per the police, the trio were pursuing their post graduation at a private college in HSR Layout. The police said that the incident took place around 10:45 am when Saurav was driving a bike with registration number KA-02 HP-6055 along with Amit and Amod as pillion riders. It was revealed that the friends were returning to the city after their trip to Nandi Hills.

Speaking to News Trail, the Yelahanka police said that as the men reached the Yelahanka Santhe Circle, the unretracted side-stand of the bike scraped the median wall of the flyover which caused him to lose balance and crash into the wall. The impact of the crash was such that the pillion riders were thrown off the flyover to the ground below, the police said.

Amit and Amod died on the spot suffering severe head injuries while Saurav fell on the flyover and survived with injuries on his head and left hand as he was wearing a helmet, the cops added. Saurav was shifted to Apoorva hospital for treatment while the bodies of the deceased was sent to Yelahanka government hospital for post-mortem analysis.

The families of the trio were informed regarding the tragic incident.Cases under IPC 304 (A), 338 and 279 have been registered against Saurav, the police said.