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Lucknow teen dies in bike crash, brother died in accident 18 months ago
Lucknow teen dies in bike crash, brother died in accident 18 months ago
A 16-year-old student was killed late Saturday night when the motorcycle he was riding with two friends hit a divider on G20 Road in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar Extension. The teenager, Harsh, was…
A 16-year-old student was killed late Saturday night when the motorcycle he was riding with two friends hit a divider on G20 Road in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar Extension. The teenager, Harsh, was returning from Ekana Stadium after watching a match when the bike lost control around 11 pm, police said.
Harsh died on arrival at Lohia Hospital. His friends Adarsh, 19, and Govind, 17, were moved to private hospitals by their families. Harsh's father Jaikaran, a carpenter, told police his son was a Class 10 student at a private school.
Jaikaran had spoken to Harsh by phone at about 10:30 pm while the teen was on his way home. In a second tragedy for the family, Harsh's elder brother also died in a road accident roughly 18 months ago. Police have completed the inquest report and sent the body for post-mortem.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Uttar Pradesh accounts for roughly a tenth of India's annual road fatalities, over 23,000 deaths in 2022, the most recent year for which government data is publicly available. Teenage motorcyclists are a disproportionately high-risk group because state law allows 16-year-olds to obtain a driving licence only under a special learners' permit for gearless two-wheelers, a condition that is widely flouted. The absence of a helmet mandate for the pillion rider compounds the fatality risk. Next week, Lucknow traffic police are expected to release a district-wide accident audit that should show whether enforcement drives on G20 Road have reduced such crashes since the last major campaign in April.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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