Hyderabad, November 17: A bike race cost two Intermediate students their lives and left two of their friends battling for life on Monday. Four students of Little Flower Junior College, Uppal who were racing on two bikes, on Monday afternoon collided with each other and crashed into a road divider. One of them died instantly. Another succumbed to injuries in a private hospital while the condition of two others is serious.
The four students, aged around 17, are second year students of LFJC, Uppal, police said.
Around 2.30 pm, the four students, Stephen Raj, Ranjan Thomas, Mohd Umaid and Samiullah, left the college on two Pulsar bikes. Once out of the college, they headed towards Habsiguda and midway the four youngsters started performing ‘wheeling’ (driving a bike with its front wheel in the air) and other acrobatics on their bikes.
As they reached the NGRI gate, they started to race. One of the youngsters, Stephen Raj, was reportedly performed a ‘wheeling’ and lost his balance.
“The youngster could not control the vehicle at such a speed and it skidded off the road. The other youngster, who was driving the vehicle at a similar speed, rammed into the other vehicle,” Uppal police sub-inspector Krishnaih said.
Both the vehicles crashed into the road divider killing Stephen Raj dead instantly. The other three also suffered severe injuries and were shifted to the Kamineni Hospital at LB Nagar. Ranjan Thomas died while undergoing treatment while the other two are in a serious condition, the SI said. It is not yet known who was driving the other bike.
Police said the family particulars of the two other students are not yet known. The college was closed for the day to allow the police to collect the details of the injured, police said.
–Agencies