Bengaluru: Potholes claimed one more life in the city on Sunday, when a 52-year-old woman was run over by a lorry after she fell from the scooter when the rider lost control while negotiating a pothole near Nayandahalli Junction on Mysuru Road. The deceased, Radha, was a resident of Shampura in Devarajeevanahalli and wife of Anjanappa, a BMTC bus driver. Her nephew, Ravi Kumar, who was riding the bike, sustained minor injuries in the accident.
Radha's mother Venkatamma was not keeping well and she along with Ravi was going on a scooter to Ramanagar to visit her mother. They were passing through Nayandahalli Junction on Mysuru Road around 9.30 am when Ravi lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid a pothole. Both fell from the bike. While Ravi fell to his left, Radha fell to her right. A brick-laden lorry that was coming from behind ran over Radha, killing her on the spot, the police said.
Angry residents from Nayandahalli staged a flash strike against the negligence of BBMP and blocked the busy highway. Traffic on Musuru Road was thrown out of gear for some time. The protesters demanded that potholes be filled up immediately to avert such accidents.
The Byatarayanapura traffic police registered a case against the lorry driver and arrested him. The postmortem was conducted at the Victoria Hospital mortuary, where Bengaluru Mayor Sampath Raj met Radha's family and announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh.
This is the second such accident on Mysuru Road. Early on Tuesday morning, Anthony Joseph (55) and his wife Sagai Mary (52), residents of Jagjivan Ram Nagar, were killed on Sirsi Circle Flyover on Mysuru Road near Nalanda Theatre. The couple were trying to avoid a pothole when they were hit by a bus.
