Dell sales manager among two killed in road accidents

 Two road accidents in different parts of the City have claimed the lives of a sales manager working at computer technology company Dell and a woman running a consultancy.

Avinash Nayak, 32, the Dell staffer, was riding to Electronics City when a minibus rear-ended his motorcycle at Naganathapura junction around 7 pm on Monday. The collision was so powerful that Nayak was tossed up in air. He collapsed and sustained grievous head injuries. Passersby rushed him to a hospital but doctors declared him brought dead, the Electronics City traffic police said.

The minibus driver jumped out and ran away. The police have seized the vehicle and are searching for him. Nayak hailed from Odisha and had moved to Bengaluru about 10 years ago. He was residing in Chikkatogur with wife and a two-year-old daughter.

In the other accident, a 25-year-old woman from Kalaburagi was killed when a drunk man drove his Toyota Innova into her two-wheeler around 5.30 pm on January 10, the HSR Layout traffic police said.

Mahalakshmi, a resident of Choodasandra, was riding to Somasandrapalya when the car rear-ended her motorcycle near Amrita School of Engineering on Hosapalya main road.
The car driver, Jayasimha, was in an inebriated state. Mahalakshmi fell down and suffered serious injuries. She was rushed to a hospital where she succumbed to injuries later, added the police.

Mahalakshmi was married to Nagaraj and the couple was running a consultancy. Jayasimha, a resident of Mangammanapalya, was arrested for reckless driving.