No helmet claims 2 more lives in Lucknow
TNN | Feb 3, 2019, 06:54 IST
Representative imageLUCKNOW: Riding without helmet proved fatal once again as two youths died when their bike rammed a stationary tractor trolley on Rae Bareli road under Nigohan police station in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
So far, 17 persons lost their lives in accidents last month while riding twowheelers without helmet. Most accidents took place on highways. The deceased, identified as Satyasheel (28) and Sandeep Pal (25), both residents of Gandhinagar, Tedhi Puliya, were workers of a private organisation.
According to police, Satyasheel and Sandeep Pal were returning home around 12.10am after attending a wedding.
When they reached Rae Bareli road, they failed to see a tractor trolley which was parked in the middle of highway and crashed into it.
The head and rear lights of the tractor, which had developed a fault, were on but the bikers still couldn’t see it. The driver of the tractor fled after the incident.
The two sustained serious head and limb injuries. Passersby gathered at the spot and informed police.
SO Nigohan Jagdish Prasad Pandey said that the accident victims were rushed to Mohanlalganj community health centre where doctors declared them brought dead.
An FIR has been registered against the unknown tractor driver who had parked the vehicle in the middle of highway.
Casualties in mishaps involving bikers riding without helmets have been on the rise despites police running specail drives to spread awareness, issuing challans and imposing fines.
Additional suprintendent of police (traffic) R S Nim said that police have been making best efforts to ensure that bikers wear helmet but nothing would change until commuters themselves understand the need of following traffic rules.
“We are planning another drive in which policemen would be positioned on highways, where most accidents take place, and would check overspeeding and helmetless driving,” he added.
So far, 17 persons lost their lives in accidents last month while riding twowheelers without helmet. Most accidents took place on highways. The deceased, identified as Satyasheel (28) and Sandeep Pal (25), both residents of Gandhinagar, Tedhi Puliya, were workers of a private organisation.
According to police, Satyasheel and Sandeep Pal were returning home around 12.10am after attending a wedding.
When they reached Rae Bareli road, they failed to see a tractor trolley which was parked in the middle of highway and crashed into it.
The head and rear lights of the tractor, which had developed a fault, were on but the bikers still couldn’t see it. The driver of the tractor fled after the incident.
The two sustained serious head and limb injuries. Passersby gathered at the spot and informed police.
SO Nigohan Jagdish Prasad Pandey said that the accident victims were rushed to Mohanlalganj community health centre where doctors declared them brought dead.
An FIR has been registered against the unknown tractor driver who had parked the vehicle in the middle of highway.
Casualties in mishaps involving bikers riding without helmets have been on the rise despites police running specail drives to spread awareness, issuing challans and imposing fines.
Additional suprintendent of police (traffic) R S Nim said that police have been making best efforts to ensure that bikers wear helmet but nothing would change until commuters themselves understand the need of following traffic rules.
“We are planning another drive in which policemen would be positioned on highways, where most accidents take place, and would check overspeeding and helmetless driving,” he added.
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