Three die in road accidents

BANGALORE: Three persons died in two separate road accidents in the city since Friday.
In the first accident, two non-technical Intel employees were killed after a speeding truck rammed the Kundalahalli, South East Bangalore, motorbike they were riding on Kundalahalli Main Road on Friday afternoon. The deceased are Gururaja Shetty from Mumbai and R Mahalingam from Tamil Nadu.Both were residents of Seegehalli.
The accident occurred around 2.15pm when they were riding back to their office, police said. "Mahalingam died on the spot as the truck's wheels crushed him. Gururaja died at a private hospital around midnight," police said. The truck driver fled the scene leaving his vehicle behind.
In the second accident, a 55-year-old flower vendor died on the spot after an unidentified vehicle knocked her down at Sumanahalli junction early on Saturday. The deceased is M Yashodamma, a resident of Laggere. The accident occurred around 4.30am when Yashodamma was walking towards her daughter's house in Sumanahalli, police said. She is survived by her husband and three children.