<p>A rusted, defunct electricity pole crashed on a moving two-wheeler near Hope Farm in eastern Bengaluru on Sunday, leaving a 14-year-old schoolgirl grievously injured. She succumbed to her injuries on Monday. </p>.<p>Yuvarani, a class 7 student, was riding pillion on her father Harish’s two-wheeler when the pole, located at Dinnur Cross, got dislodged from its concrete base and fell on the motorcycle. She got crushed between the pole, the two-wheeler and the road, sustaining grievous injuries. Harish and passersby rushed her to a private hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries on Monday evening. </p>.<p>“It was a rusted pole and had fallen into disuse. It fell on Harish’s bike just when they were passing by,” a senior police officer said. There are many such poles on this stretch, another officer said. </p>.<p>The jurisdictional Kadugodi police have booked unnamed BBMP officials for causing death due to negligence. </p>.<p>The father and the daughter were returning home in Varthur village after attending a housewarming ceremony in Shivanapura, Hoskote, when the accident occurred.</p>
<p>A rusted, defunct electricity pole crashed on a moving two-wheeler near Hope Farm in eastern Bengaluru on Sunday, leaving a 14-year-old schoolgirl grievously injured. She succumbed to her injuries on Monday. </p>.<p>Yuvarani, a class 7 student, was riding pillion on her father Harish’s two-wheeler when the pole, located at Dinnur Cross, got dislodged from its concrete base and fell on the motorcycle. She got crushed between the pole, the two-wheeler and the road, sustaining grievous injuries. Harish and passersby rushed her to a private hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries on Monday evening. </p>.<p>“It was a rusted pole and had fallen into disuse. It fell on Harish’s bike just when they were passing by,” a senior police officer said. There are many such poles on this stretch, another officer said. </p>.<p>The jurisdictional Kadugodi police have booked unnamed BBMP officials for causing death due to negligence. </p>.<p>The father and the daughter were returning home in Varthur village after attending a housewarming ceremony in Shivanapura, Hoskote, when the accident occurred.</p>