Hyderabad: The triple riding menace continues in the city with most youngsters risking theirs and others’ lives.
Recently, two students died on the spot and their friend had a narrow escape after their bike slipped at Tank Bund road.
Nearly 300 accidents involving two-wheelers were reported in the city this year until April and 50 per cent of the victims were bikers.
Traffic cops said that though the elderly too are culprits of triple riding, it is mostly youngsters who indulge in this.
They added that youngsters should understand that they may escape most of the times, but a single unfortunate incident could cost them their lives.
On Sunday night, three teenagers from Hyderabad, Vijay, 19, a resident of Chintal, Manoj, 19, from Kukatpally and Raisab Yadav, were triple riding on a bike and met with an accident, while avoiding a pedestrian crossing the road.
Vijay and Manoj succumbed to their injuries while Raisab was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition.
According to Gandhinagar sub-inspector M. Prasad, the boys had told their parents that they were going for a friend's birthday party.
The accident took place while they were heading towards Secunderabad. We have initiated various traffic awareness programmes in the city, mainly focusing on school and college-going children, said deputy commissioner of Hyderabad traffic police, K. Babu Rao.
“We have deputed officers to visit schools and colleges to speak to students. The idea is that even if they do not pay attention, at least the message will reach out and be implemented by a few,” said the official.
This year, the Hyderabad city police has recorded 90 road accident-related deaths, with 823 persons reported injured. There were 311 road-related deaths in 2017 with 2,387 injured. In 2016, the death toll stood at 405.
