Roads in the city are turning fatal as two youths were killed and as many injured in two mishaps which took place at Jubilee Park and Baliguma under Bistupur police station and MGM police station areas, respectively, on Sunday morning.
A 20-year old youth died and another youth, the pillion-rider, was seriously injured as the bike they were riding on hit a water-tank while performing a dare-devil stunt on the road along the lake at Jubilee Park on Sunday morning.The injured persons were shed to the Tata Main Hospital, where the rider as Sumeet Kumar, a resident of Bagbera Colony died.The other youth whose identity was yet to be ascertained also sustained serious injury. He too was admitted to the Tata Main Hospital where his condition is said to be serious.
Officer-in-charge, Bistupur police station, Jitendra Kumar confirmed about the mishap and further informed that two youths who sustained serious injuries while performing stunt at Jubilee Park had been admitted to the Tata Main Hospital. One of them died, where as the other one was struggling for his life. He said the police had seized the bike from the site, adding that they were trying to find out the identity of the injured youth.
In the other mishap, two youths were injured, one of them fatally, when the bike they were riding on was hit by a speeding pick-up van at Baliguma on the NH-33 near Jamshedpur under MGM police station area.
The local residents had rescued the two injured and admitted them to the MGM Medical College and Hospital, where one of them, Monu Tuddu (22) died soon afterward. Officer-in-charge, MGM police station, Shankar Thakur said that the driver of the van fled from the spot leaving the van on the spot
Although the traffic department has put up hoardings at several thoroughfares across the city as part of its bid to spread traffic rule awareness among people, particularly teenagers, there had not been much effect of the exercise.
“The rising cases of road acc idents are a matter of great concern. We are trying to hard to educate people thorough different ways. We have put these hoardings with the help of private agencies. like in past we are also planning to observe Safety Month in association with SAFE Club in order to inculcate the importance of safety among the youths,” said a police official.