Hyderabad: Polytechnic Students died

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 03:51 PM

Hyderabad: Polytechnic Students died

Hyderabad, July 30: In a ghastly incident, Two students were killed in a tragic road accident on Tank Bund in the early hours of Sunday.

The students who were triple riding on a two-wheeler crashed as the rider tried to avoid hitting a pedestrian crossing the road. The mishap occurred near Kandukuri Veereshalingam statue.

The accident took place on Sunday morning at around 12:30 am. The deceased were identified as Vijay(19), an Intermediate student, and Sai Manoj(19), a polytechnic student. Their friend, Raised Yadav, also a polytechnic student, sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Balanagar.

Police told media, "CCTV footage showed they were driving triples and were riding at very high speeds. Vijay who was riding the bike applied break when a road-crossing pedestrian came in the way, but the bike skidded and they fell. The two would have survived the crash had they worn helmets."

The three were rushed to Gandhi Hospital, where Manoj and Vijay died while undergoing treatment.

The Hyderabad Traffic Police has initiated various "Traffic Awareness Programmes" in the city mainly focusing on school and college-going children.