Hyderabad: A 17-year-old student, who went to play cricket with his friends was killed in an accident in Dundigal on Sunday afternoon.
The victim, who was pillion riding, hit the divider as the bike skidded while the rider sustained injuries. The deceased was identified as B. Karthikeya, a resident of Suraram Colony.
According to police, Karthikeya left home on Sunday morning to play cricket with his friends at Bahadurp-ally village. While the match was going on, he along with his friend Prem Kumar left the place on the latter’s bike to drink water. While riding towards Suraram, Prem Kumar who was riding at a high speed lost control and the bike skidded on the road.
Karthikeya who was pillion riding was flu-ng in the air and cras-hed his head on the divider, while Prem Kumar was dragged on the road for a few met-res along with the bike.
Karthikeya sustained a severe head injury and died on the spot, while Prem Kumar is admitted to hospi tal and his condition is said to be critical. An accidental death case is registered against Prem Kumar. The case is under investigation.
No drunk driving checks on mishap day
The accident that happened on Saturday night between LV Prasad Marg via Jub-ilee Hills checkpost and Madhapur, was alleged to have occurred due to no check for drunken driving conducted by the police.
Hundreds of people were then taking their cars out of pubs. According to sources from the traffic wing, there were no checks in the city on Saturday night as all the traffic personnel from West Zone, along with those in law and order wing, were deployed at Raj Bhavan for the Governor’s At Home programme.
Adding to this, the force became less in size with many personnel deployed for vice-president’s ‘bandobast’ in the city.
Some of the organisers had got a tip-off regarding ‘No Drunken Driving Check on Saturday night’ and communicated the same to their regular customers. This had not only increased their sales but also had its own effects due to drunken drivers on the roads. Even pubs alert their customers about the checks and warn them to be careful.
