Three tenth standard students travelling on a bike were killed when a lorry hit them at Uppal bus-stop the previous night, the police said on Friday.
The students were studying in Sree Chaitanya Residential School at Medipally on city outskirts. They were reportedly returning to Uppal after attending special study classes on Thursday night.
“Thursday was the birthday of a student Omkar. We’re told he and two of his classmates Bhagtwant Reddy and Hari Krishna started on a bike late in the night,” the Uppal Inspector Laxmikantha Reddy said.
The accident occurred at Uppal bus-stop around 11 p.m. According to the Inspector, the students zoomed past the lorry. As they overtook the truck, they tried stop while trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian walking. The bike skid, they fell down and ran over by the truck.
“They came under the rear wheels. Death was instant for Omkar,” the Inspector said. Bhagwanth Reddy died on the way to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences while Hari Krishna succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Matrix hospital.
Their bodies were shifted to Gandhi hospital for conducting autopsy.
Keywords: Uppal bike accident, road accident, Medipally, Uppal rotary
My request to local political leaders and law enforcing team (Traffic Police), is to think about what they would do if this happened to thier own family. No punishemnt to the other party would bring your family members back. The City Govt has to initiate adequate precautionay measures and enforce them adequately - no ifs and buts. Average families are paying the penalties. Average citizen has to learn to respect the law and don't let the authorities take short cuts. This is a reflection of average citizen's tolerance. Hyd has gone too far in ignoring safety in their traffic regulations.
Here a Bike had overtaken a truck .It could have avoided if these students go at a normal speed & go behind the truck. This happens with cabs almost every day on DRDL main Road at Rakshapuram X Rd. I request the Traffic & the concerned authorithy to install a Traffic signal at this X Road .
Such a news day in and day out is very sad indeed! One can find upto a maximum of 5 people travelling on a single bike zooming at rocket speed these days. Is it due to petrol cost hike or caring hoots to law? If police checks are vigourously conducted & continued the way they are doing these days especially after Dilsukhnagar bomb blasts to inculcate fear psychosis in general public mind to respect law. Young people must be told to comply with law right from primary school to university. Then only India will improve and youth can be saved. Also the heavy vehicle drivers,the real culprits are not a disciplined lot whose life is generally safe as these vehicles are monsters. Once they do accident they must be declared unfit and their job licence should go and they should be made to earn their lively hood only by other means prevalent in India.
Very sad story.
Is it really necessary for the class X student ride the bike with two friends. They are not eligible to take the driving license as they are 15 or 16 years age. Meaning they are riding bike with out license and triples in the late night.
And these days parents also fools. They wanted to give everything to their kids irrespective of their age...I really do not know WHY SUCH A HURRY and they wanted to see 100 years life with one mistake or in one year or even one day. Fools.
Now coming to police they will not file a case against the BIKE owner who gave the bike to these students.
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