A day after two medical students were killed after their speeding bike hit a divider on Delhi's newly-inaugurated Signature Bridge, a man was killed in similar fashion on the bridge on Saturday.
According to reports, two men on a bike were on their way towards Bhajanpura when the two-wheeler suddenly lost balance. The two when were thrown off the bike. Shankar, who was driving the bike, suffered fatal injuries in the accident. The 24-year-old deceased worked as a salesman in Big Bazaar.
Eye-witnesses said Shankar was wearing a helmet, however, the impact of the accident was such that it came off resulting in severe injuries. The accident occurred right opposite the spot where two medical students on a sports bike were killed after falling off the newly-constructed bridge on Friday. The duo were not wearing helmet.
The deceased were identified as Satya Vijay Shankaran (23) and Chandra Shekhar (21), Shankaran, who hailed from Ranchi, was interning with the Hindu Rao Hospital and Shekhar, a resident of Khanpur in south Delhi, was a second year MBBS student of Hindu Rao Medical College.