Truck knocks 2 pedestrians dead on Hosur road

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Two pedestrians were killed on the spot after a “rashly driven” truck knocked them down in Hebbagodi on Tuesday afternoon.

The truck fell in its side after jumping the median and landing on the service road. The are Ashik, 28, and Manoj Kumar, 30. In CCTV footage that is available with the jurisdictional police, the two pedestrians can be seen walking alongside the barricades placed on the median when the rashly driven truck on the highway knocks them down, killing them on the spot.

The mishap happened a few metres from the SKF Factory in Hebbagodi. After knocking down the duo, the truck jumped onto the service road and fell on its side a little distance ahead.

Sources from the police said both the driver and cleaner were drunk.