Two died in separate road accidents in Bengaluru

Two persons, including a youth from Delhi, were killed in separate road accidents in Bengaluru on Sunday. Both accidents involved two-wheelers, none of the victims were wearing helmets.

In the first incident, Namay Sharma, an employee of a Delhi-based private firm, died after his motorcycle reportedly crashed into the retaining wall of the double-decker Silk Board flyover on the Madiwala traffic police station boundary around 6.30 am.

Sharma lived in Iblur.

According to police, Sharma was driving on a flyover when he allegedly lost control while negotiating a curve and crashed into a retaining wall. As he was not wearing a helmet, he suffered severe head injuries.

He was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. A case has been registered at Madiwala traffic police station.

In a second incident, a 30-year-old cook was killed and his rider seriously injured after their scooter hit a roadside tree near the Marathahalli-Sarjapur Outer Ring Road (ORR) in HAL Airport Traffic Police Station limits on Sunday.

The deceased, Ganga Yadav, 30, was a resident of Koramangala. The injured pillar rider, Ram Shankar Yadav, is also a cook.

According to the police, the duo was on their way to work when Yadav allegedly lost control of the scooter while entering the main road from the service road near CKB Layout on the ORR. The scooter reportedly hit the pavement before hitting a tree, ejecting both men from the vehicle.

Neither was wearing a helmet and both suffered serious injuries. They were rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared Ganga brought dead. Shankar was undergoing treatment.

A case was registered at the HAL Airport traffic police station.

Published – October 12, 2026 0:07 AM IST