Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
A 15-year-old girl was killed while a biker and another woman pedestrian were escaped narrowly with injured after a speeding BBMP garbage truck knocked them down in front of Hebbal police station on Monday afternoon.
The deceased has been identified as Akshaya, 9th standard student and daughter of Narasimha Murthy and Geetha.
The family hail from Kolar and residing in Vishwanatha Nagenahalli.Murthy,who works as a conductor in BMTC.
DCP, Traffic North,Ms.Savitha who visited the spot and after collecting information she said,The incident occurred around 12.45pm and the girl who was in uniform was crossing the road opposite Hebbal under pass and returning home. She was returning home after writing her last exam.
Meanwhile the driver of BBMP truck heading towards Airport road hit the girl and crashed into a bike and car which were ahead.
The bike rider,a private company employee escaped with injuries while Akshaya died on the spot as she came under the rear wheel.
Another woman pedestrian identified as Soumya, (40), was also injured and the duo were shifted to a private hospital in Hebbal and they are recovering.
The truck also collided with a cab before coming to the halt the driver soon escaped leaving the truck behind and later arrested by RT Nagar traffic police.
Based on a complaint by girl’ father Murthy a case has been registered in RT Nagar traffic police station .
Murthy alleged that there was water logging in the under pass due to heavy rain on Sunday evening and pedestrians not able to use the underpass.
Thus my daughter along with two women tried to cross the main road and driver who was over speeding the truck lost control and hit my daughter and two other vehicle.
Another police officer from Hebbal police station said that staff had complained to the BBMP control room about the water logging at the underpass at the early morning but no one came to clear the water.
DCP Traffic North,Savitha S, BBMP, Administrator,Rakesh Singh,MLA,Byrathi Suresh,
BBMP Chief Commissioner, Gaurav Gupta visited the accident spot with officials and said after getting report action will be initiated on those who showed negligence in clearing the water logging in underpass .
The police are contemplating booking case against BBMP officials concerned for their negligence .
The RT Nagar traffic police arrested the driver, Manjunath,35,on the charges of reckless driving and death due to negligence,for further investigations she added.
