2 dead, 3 injured in a serial accident

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A woman and her seven-year-old son died in a serial accident that took place in Banaswadi Traffic Police Station limits in the city.

The incident took place around 10:15 am on Tuesday when Ashwini, 29, along with her son, Yashwin, 7, who were riding pillion on a two-wheeler driven by her husband Naresh, near the Horamavu underpass on the Ring Road.

According to sources, a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus halted near a bus stop to pick up the passengers when a speeding auto-rickshaw crashed into the bus from behind.

Another car coming behind the auto-rickshaw failed to apply the brakes and rammed into the auto-rickshaw while slightly touching Naresh's bike causing him to lose balance and fall from the bike along with his wife and son.

As a result, Ashwini and Yashwin sustained severe injuries while Naresh, the auto-rickshaw driver and a passenger, escaped with minor cuts. It was revealed that the passenger was the autorickshaw driver's wife, who was pregnant.

Jurisdictional traffic police said that the boy died while he was being taken to the hospital. The woman was admitted to the Bowring hospital where she succumbed to injuries on Wednesday afternoon.