Three killed, one critical in head-on bike collision near Bhopal

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Three persons died while one was critically injured after two bikes collided head-on at Haripura village located in Bilkhiria police station area late in the night on Sunday.

In the accident, three people including uncle and nephew died on the spot while the condition of one who escaped the accident with severe injuries is critical and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital located in Anand Nagar.

The accident happened at 10 pm on Sunday night, After post-mortem on Monday afternoon bodies have been handed over to the family members.

According to the police, Arjun Banjara (18) resident of Devgarh Narsinghgarh had left studies after 12th. He used to work as a labourer in the fields with his father. On Sunday evening, he came from his village to the house of his elder sister Seema living in Haripura village of Bhopal on a bike. His friend Akash Banjara was also with him. Both friends reached Seema's house at 6 pm. From here, they left on a bike to return to the village at 10 pm.

Both friends had reached a short distance from the village, when their bike collided with a bike coming from the front. Both bikes were moving at high speed at the time of the accident.  Arjun's maternal uncle Gopal was riding on the other bike and he was driving it.

Ramji Banjara (55) was sitting behind on his bike. At the time of the incident, all three were not wearing helmets and all three suffered serious head injuries. Ramji was a small farmer of the village, while Gopal was a driver.

The deceased Ramji Banjara was going from Raisen to Haripura village in Bhopal to meet his brother-in-law.

After the accident, all four injured were admitted to a private hospital. Where all three died one after the other within three hours.

Ramji and Gopal were residents of Tikoda village in Raisen district. Ramji's brother-in-law lives in Haripura village. Ramji and Gopal were going towards Haripura village to meet him.

Arjun's father said that relatives informed him about the accident late at night. He reached Bhopal on Monday morning, where his son's body was found in the mortuary. He cleared class 12 after which he left his studies. He started working as a labourer. Arjun was his younger son among two sons.   

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