In a major road mishap, two brothers were seriously injured as the bike they were riding was hit by a speeding mini-bus on Ram Mandir-Ghorabandha Road under Telco police station area on Monday afternoon.The victims were identified as Vikash Chowdhury (18) and Vicky Chowdhury (19), residents of Number 10 Bustee in Sidhgora.
Soon after the mishap, the passers-by rescued the youths and rushed them to Tata Motors Hospital in Telco, but the hospital referred them to Tata Main Hospital in Bistupur. Both the brothers sustained head injuries, and condition of Vicky, who was riding the bike, is critical.
Immediately after the mishap , the mini-bus driver fled the spot abandoning the vehicle. Peeved over the incident, a group of agitated youths damaged bus windscreens by pelting stones on it. A section of the youths had even tried to set the mini-bus on fire, but they were stopped as a policemen arrived at the spot.
The protestors had subsequently set up a blockade on the Ram Mandir-Kharangajhar Road demanding the police to take steps against the mini-bus operators who drive recklessly and cause road mishap. The blockade was removed within half-an-hour after officer-in-charge, Telco police station Kamleshwar Pandey assured them of necessary step against the unruly mini-bus operators.
Pandey confirmed that two youths were injured after their bike was hit by a speeding mini-bus. The officer-in-charge said the mini-bus has been seized and taken to the Telco police station.