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Bengaluru: The driver of a garbage lorry was killed in a serial road crash involving two other vehicles on the airport road flyover in the wee hours of Saturday. At least two others sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment in Bengaluru hospitals.
According to the police, the incident occurred around 2 am near Kodigehalli gate, involving two lorries and one white SUV, on the lane of the elevated corridor bringing traffic towards the city. Faizan Ahmed, 25, who was driving the BBMP garbage lorry, was killed in the crash. A cleaner and the driver of the other lorry sustained minor injuries and were taken to different hospitals for treatment.
Police noted that Faizan and the cleaner, 23-year-old Marghoob Reza, were working to fix the lorry that was parked on the side of the road after it had broken down. A speeding lorry carrying large granite blocks crashed into the back of the garbage lorry, killing Faizan on the spot.
A senior traffic police officer said that the crash occurred because the driver of the granite block-carrying lorry couldn't see the garbage lorry. "The garbage truck did not have any tail lamps on. The driver was outside, fixing the vehicle that had broken down. The driver of the lorry carrying the rocks was not able to identify the garbage lorry and crashed into it at a high speed, and the white car that was right behind was also caught in the crash," he told DH.
The officer added that the police were able to use one of the metro cranes used in construction of the Blue Line (airport line) metro to clear the rocks and the vehicles.
"We temporarily diverted traffic onto the service road at the Vidyashilp junction. We were able to clear everything by 5.30 am."
A video that emerged after the crash showed that, due to the crash's impact, the left front and back wheels of the SUV were pushed onto the road shoulder railing atop the flyover, leaving the car stuck at an angle.
Large blocks fallen off a lorry lay to one side of the lane, while the front portion of the SUV completely crushed on impact remained on the other side. The crash caused a long pile-up of vehicles behind it, as evident in the video.