Man who went to have coffee with friends, dies in accident

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A man who went to have a coffee along with his friends, died after the bike he was riding as a pillion skidded and crashed into a concrete barrier of a flyover in the city.

The incident took place around 12.30 am on Sunday when the deceased, identified as Ram Kumar, 29, a Katriguppe resident, was riding with his friend, Yeshwanth, 22.

An employee of a private firm, Kumar and three of his friends decided to ride to JP Nagar from Katriguppe, to have coffee.

The four friends rode on two separate bikes. Police said that while riding on the down ramp of Chennamma Circle flyover, Yeshwanth allegedly lost control of his bike which skidded and crashed into a concrete barrier of the flyover.

Yeshwanth and Ram Kumar suffered severe injuries in the accident after which they were rushed to a hospital. Ram Kumar died due to severe head injuries in the hospital without responding to the treatment while Yeshwanth is recovering.

The body was shifted to KIM’s hospital and a case registered at the Banashankari Traffic Police Station regarding the incident.