JAIPUR: Two youths on a motorbike were killed after being hit by a car driven rashly near
Bali-Phalna road
under Phalna police station area of Pali district late on Sunday evening. Though the police seized the car, the driver has not been arrested yet.
According to police, two friends Arman Ali (20) and Aman Khan (19) were heading towards Phalna town on a bike when the mishap took place.
“Both were not wearing helmets. Their bike was hit suddenly by a speeding car. It was a nasty collision in which both of them were tossed up in the air up to a height of nearly 20 feet, as per eyewitnesses. Both sustained grave head injuries. Arman succumbed to injuries on the spot while Aman died in a hospital,” said an officer with the Phalna police station on Monday.
Families of both victims were in shock. Aman’s father Ramzan Khan had lost his wife to Covid last year. Arman’s family too was inconsolable.
Police have seized the car, but the driver managed to flee. “We have registered a case of causing death due to negligence against the driver,” said the officer.