Stunt goes wrong, one dead
SOUTH DELHI 2 injured after two sports bikes collide headon, victim’s family says it was a road accident, not a stunt
biking went horribly wrong on Sunday morning when two expensive motorcycles collided head-on, killing a 20-year-old rider and leaving two others badly injured in south Delhi’s Qutab Institutional Area.
Eyewitnesses recounted that the two sports bikes, a Dominar 400 and a Hyosung GT650R, were racing towards each other at speeds of over 100 km/hr, the stunt being to change tracks at the point of collision.
“But a dhaba owner’s scooter appeared on the scene suddenly, foiling their plan and leading to a massive collision. The three persons on the two motorcycles were flung away,” said Tanku, who works at a local dhaba near the accident spot.
The dead youth has been identified as Raman, an Uttam Nagar resident who was preparing to pursue a course in architecture. His family said he had been gifted a Bajaj Dominar 400 cc bike worth ₹1.7 lakh about a month ago.
Chinmoy Biswal, additional DCP (south), confirmed to HT on Monday afternoon that Raman was a part of stunt bikers at the time of the accident, but the deceased’s family vehemently refuted the allegations and said the youth was a victim and not into stunt biking.
However, later in the night, the officer said that it would be wrong to call it stunt biking and instead termed it an accident between two speeding motorcycles. “There is no racing track there nor any bikers group assembles there,” he said in response to some media reports on the issue of frequent stunt biking on that stretch of road.
“Raman was passing through that route at a speed not more than 60 km/hr. The Hyosung was travelling at 150 km/hr and rammed Raman’s bike,” claimed Raman’s close relative saying he had spoken to eyewitnesses.
The accident happened around 8.30 am on Sunday on a 20-feet wide road outside Fore School of Management in Qutab Institutional Area.
Satish Pandey, a private security guard at an institute near the crime spot, said he saw the two motorcyclists head towards each other at full throttle from a distance of around 200 metres.
“The Hyosung bike had two riders and was travelling over 100 km/hr. The other motorcycle (Dominar) was coming from the other side,” said Pandey.
“The two motorcycles had been severely damaged. The three riders were lying severely injured,” said Pandey, adding the helmet of the deceased had come off. The injured were rushed to Rockland Hospital. Raman succumbed to his injuries. The other two, identified as 27-year-old Charles Brian, and his friend, Pradeep Nair, continue to remain hospitalised.