JOIN USKushal, 19, a resident of Byatarayanapura, who was riding pillion on his friend’s bike, was killed when a speeding BMTC bus knocked them down in Kengeri traffic police limits on Wednesday night. The bike rider, Abhishek, 19, of Saraswathipura in Vijayanagar, is being treated at a private hospital.
According to the police, Manoj Kumar, a common friend of Abhishek, second year PU student of Surana College and Kushal, a diploma student of a private college, had a job interview at a private firm and the three travelled to the company office on separate bikes.
While returning, Manoj Kumar, whose bike developed a snag on Chennasandra flyover on NICE Road, started pushing it towards a work station, while Abhishek and Kushal were following him on the bike. The speeding BMTC bus driver lost control and rammed the bike from behind killing Kushal.
In another accident, on Thursday afternoon, in K R Puram traffic police limits, Kumar, 28, a resident of Ayyappanagar in KR Puram and a vegetable businessman, was killed on the spot after a crushed stone-laden truck mowed him down.
The accident occurred near Anjaneya Temple on Basavanapura main road when he was moving towards market. The truck driver, who lost control and rammed the bike from behind, abandoned the vehicle and fled, the police said. Kumar was married with two children.