A file photograph of the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway.
In the second such main accident, three folks have been killed when their motorcycle collided with a automotive parked on the aspect of the highway, on the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway close to Jayapura Gate in Ramanagara on Monday.
The deceased have been recognized as Hussain, Rahman, and Roshan, aged 18 to 22 and fabricators by career. The trio have been heading in direction of Mysuru when the accident occurred within the afternoon.
According to the police, the bike was rushing and the driving force misplaced management and collided with the automotive that was parked owing to a deflated tyre.
Meanwhile, one other automotive coming from behind collided with the bike. Due to the affect, the trio have been thrown up and fell on the highway. While two of them have been killed on the spot, the third particular person was severely injured and shifted to a hospital, the place he succumbed to his accidents.
The Ramanagara site visitors police have taken up a case of rash and negligent driving in opposition to the bike rider and have additionally booked the automotive driver.
Only not too long ago, 5 members of a household have been killed in Channapattna in a head-on collusion of two vehicles on the expressway.
The police blamed the accidents on rash and negligent driving of autos on the expressway and haphazard altering of tracks with totally different velocity limits.
Sources within the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) stated {that a} month in the past, a letter was despatched to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway requesting it to ban the entry of two-wheelers on the primary carriageway.
“To avoid accidents, there is a need to impose a ban on movement on the main carriageway. We will act as per the directions of the higher-ups on prohibiting entry of two-wheelers on main lanes. They can use the service roads on either side of the carriageway. At present, what is happening is many two-wheeler riders are not following lane discipline. There is also a need for the police and the RTOs to carry out enforcement of drives,” stated an official.
