Reckless driving kills one in Uttarahalli
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old motorcycle rider was killed on the spot after an over-speeding tipper lorry collided with his two-wheeler on Uttarahalli main road off Mysore Road on Wednesday morning.
The deceased Tejasvi Gowda, a resident of Banashankari, and was on his the way to meet a relative in Kodipalya in Kengeri, the police said. Gowda worked in night shifts for a courier company, they added.
According to police, the accident happened due to reckless, rash and negligent driving after Gowda’s bike manoeuvred a hump on Uttarahalli main road near a turning towards Nirmalagiri Maternity Hospital.
Gowda was not wearing a helmet and was riding towards Kengeri when the tipper lorry heading towards Uttarahalli coming from Mysore Road collided head-on with his bike. He sustained grievous injuries to his chest and limbs. Passers-by rushed him to the nearby BGS Global Hospital where he was declared brought dead. His body was then shifted to Rajarajeshwari Hospital on Mysore Road for postmortem.
Kengeri traffic police registered a case and have seized the lorry. The driver of the lorry identified as Sudhakar was arrested and slapped with charges under IPC 279 and 304-A – rash and negligent driving on a public way causing accidental death.
As the news of the accident spread, a section of electronic media started broadcasting the accidental death was due to a pothole. A few others reported the accident was due to an unscientific hump, but senior police officials who visited the spot confirmed to DH saying the accident was due to rash and negligent driving.
“I inspected the spot. The accident was due to reckless driving, and we have arrested the driver and seized the lorry,” said Shivashankar ACP Traffic West.
“The two-way Uttarahalli main road is closed for heavy vehicles during the peak hours between 7 am and 11 am and the tipper lorry has got into the main road from Mysore road just before Kengeri traffic police closed the road for heavy vehicles. The lorry was over-speeding when the accident happened,” said another senior police officer.
Accidents do happen even in the most motor cultured countries in the world. BUT, with a little thought and care, things can be different.
The people who drive a motor vehicle, be it a motorcycle, car, truck, bus, or a tipper lorry in the whole of Karnataka and in India in general, after reading and learning about most causes of accidents and death statistics, should learn to drive carefully at all times, inside set speed limits, and to keep at least one car distance between them and the vehicle in front, and in hazardous conditions during rainy season, when most tar roads develop large holes that are normally not attended by the authorities, extra care should be exercised for sudden slow downs or stops of the vehicle in front of them, as one tries to manovure and drive ahead.
In this manner, many an accident and life could be saved. Also, heavy vehicles and public buses must drive to the left lane only- in order for cars and motorcycles to move smoothly in the fast lane to the right.