Unbridled speed on the roads of the city took two more young lives on Sunday. In the accident involving a scooty and a tanker two young women lost their lives.
The accident occurred at around 4.40 pm near the Hero Honda showroom located on the busy Rajpur road. A large crowd gathered on the spot.
An eye witness account suggests that the scooty lost its balance on a pothole and fell after which the speeding tanker hit the hapless youngsters. The accident victims were rushed to the associated hospital of the Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) where they were declared dead.
The deceased were later identified as Kanika Sharma (29 years), daughter of D V Sharma, a resident of Pragati Vihar, Neembuwala and Varsha Dandariyal (23 years), daughter of Rakesh Kumar resident of Chukkhuwala.
Varsha was post graduation in science and had recently completed her Bachelor of Education (B.Ed). She was teaching in a private school located in Naya Gaon.
The in-charge of the Dalanwala police station Inspector Yashpal Singh Bisht said that the police was informed at around 4.45 pm that a tanker has hit a scooty on the Rajpur road and in the accident two young women are badly injured. He said that the injured were taken to the Doon hospital where both of them were declared dead. Bisht said that the police have seized the tanker number UP 07 R 8082 involved in the accident and arrested the driver. The police conducted the Panchanama of the bodies before sending them for post mortem.