Bengaluru: Two 19-year-old engineering students died in a road accident after the rider lost control over the vehicle and rammed into the median and tree on New BEL road early Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Gunavantha Sai and Vishnu Naidu.
Gunavantha, a native of Kolar, was in the third semester of Industrial engineering at the MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology and Vishnu, a native of Nanjungud was a student of architecture. Both were staying at a paying guest accommodation on 80 feet road in Sanjayanagar, the police said.
The incident took place around 12.45 am on Wednesday when Gunavantha and Vishnu were heading back to their PG after attending a friend's birthday party at their friend's place in Yeshwanthpur.
Gunavantha was riding the bike in high speed and lost control. The impact of the collision was such that the bike got totally mangled and the two were grievously injured. The passersby immediately rushed them to MS Ramaiah Hospital, where the doctors declared them brought dead.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Gunavantha had taken a KTM duke bike from his friend to attend the party and they were not wearing helmets when the accident took place.
Sadashivanagar traffic police have registered a case and the bodies were shifted to M.S. Ramaiah hospital for post-mortem.
