A 26-year-old lady in northern Bengaluru died after she fell from her brother’s scooter and got here below the wheels of a truck Friday.
The deceased was recognized as Priyanka Kumari, a resident of Alur BDA Part 2, who was working at a personal agency. She was using pillion together with her brother Naresh Kumar, 34, a businessman.
The accident came about round 10.45 am on Huskur Foremost Street in Alur, close to Nelamangala. The siblings had been travelling to the Madavara metro station when the collision occurred. A truck heading in the direction of the APMC market in Dasanapura abruptly veered proper to keep away from a tree department and brushed towards the deal with of the bike coming from the wrong way.
Because of the influence, Priyanka fell to the correct, and her brother fell to the left. She got here below the wheels of the truck, which was heading in the wrong way.
“She was not carrying a helmet, which induced extreme head accidents resulting in instantaneous dying,” a police officer acknowledged. The complainant’s assertion, recorded within the FIR, confirmed that the truck made contact with the two-wheeler.
Preliminary stories had claimed the scooter skidded on a broken street floor, inflicting the riders to fall earlier than Kumari got here below the truck’s wheels. The police later mentioned she fell after contact with the truck, not as a consequence of potholes.
Nonetheless, an officer mentioned that they are going to conduct an intensive investigation to find out whether or not street situations performed any contributory function within the accident.
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Chief of Opposition R Ashoka of the BJP attacked the Congress authorities. In a submit on X, he mentioned, “One more life misplaced due to Congress’ prison negligence! A younger lady in Bengaluru has misplaced her life – not due to destiny, however due to a pothole! A truck tried to keep away from a pothole and ran over her. Mr. @RahulGandhi, is that this your so-called Karnataka Mannequin? Are the lives of Kannadigas so low-cost below your @INCKarnataka authorities? Your Chief Minister @siddaramaiah and Deputy CM @DKShivakumar are busy doing one upmanship and combating for energy – however haven’t any time to repair our roads or guarantee primary security for residents. Each pothole in Bengaluru is an emblem of @INCIndia’s corruption, apathy, and conceitedness. Each tragedy like it is a reminder that this authorities has blood on its fingers.”