Representative image of a road accident.
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Bengaluru: Two young men were killed and another was critically injured in the early hours of Friday. Their speeding car veered off the road and plunged into a drain near Sadahalli Gate in Chikkajala.
The deceased are Shahid Ahmed (22), a call centre employee and resident of RT Nagar, and Abdul Rehman (24), a resident of JC Nagar. A third occupant, who sustained severe injuries, is being treated at a private hospital.
According to police, the three friends had gone out for dinner late Thursday night. The accident occurred around 2 am on Friday while they were heading towards the Chikkajala signal from Sadahalli.
Ahmed, who was behind the wheel, was driving at high speed.
"The driver lost control of the vehicle due to high speed. The car crashed into a barrier with significant impact before flipping into a deep drain," a senior traffic police officer said.
The impact was so severe that two occupants who died on the spot were trapped inside the mangled remains of the car.
The recovery operation required a JCB and crane to lift the vehicle out of the ditch. Police personnel struggled to extricate the bodies from the wreckage. The deceased were shifted to a hospital for post-mortem.
The Chikkajala traffic police have registered a case of accidental death and rash and negligent driving.
"Preliminary investigations and the condition of the wreckage suggest that reckless driving and over-speeding were the primary causes of the accident," police said.