Mishaps claim two young lives in B'luru

NT Bureau,Bengaluru: Two young lives were lost in mishaps in the city on Saturday.

An SSLC student, who was returning from her tuition class, died after she was knocked down by an unidentified vehicle on Bellary Road in Chikkajala Traffic Police Station limits on Saturday night.

An official said the tragic incident took place around 11:40 pm when the deceased student, identified as Tamanna Singh, 16, was crossing the road after getting down from a van near a showroom on Bengaluru-Bellary Road.

In a separate incident, a medical student died while his friend suffered severe injuries after a truck knocked them off their scooter on Varthur Road near Gunjur village.