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Man killed on India's Signature Bridge, third death in two days
IANS
Filed on November 24, 2018
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The 24-year-old man died after his bike skid and he hit the divider head-on, police said.

A day after two medical students were killed in an accident on the newly-constructed Signature Bridge here, a man died on Saturday after his bike skid and he hit the divider head-on, police said.

The deceased was identified as Shankar, 24, a resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

"Shankar with his cousin Deepak, 17, were riding on a motorcycle. They were coming from Nangloi and going towards northeast Delhi," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) A.K. Thakur said, adding that both of them were wearing helmets.

"Shankar's helmet fell away after the bike skidded and he hit the divider head-on," said the DCP.

Both were rushed to a hospital, Shankar was declared dead on arrival.

Deepak suffered knee injuries.

On Friday, the two students on a motorcycle were killed after their bike rammed into a divider on the bridge and fell into the Yamuna river.

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/intern...dias-signature-bridge-third-death-in-two-days
 
All deaths are related to the bridge divider, seems that divider has a designing problem.
 
Man killed on India's Signature Bridge, third death in two days
IANS
Filed on November 24, 2018
AR-181129597.jpg&MaxW=780&imageVersion=16by9&NCS_modified=20181124071420


The 24-year-old man died after his bike skid and he hit the divider head-on, police said.

A day after two medical students were killed in an accident on the newly-constructed Signature Bridge here, a man died on Saturday after his bike skid and he hit the divider head-on, police said.

The deceased was identified as Shankar, 24, a resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

"Shankar with his cousin Deepak, 17, were riding on a motorcycle. They were coming from Nangloi and going towards northeast Delhi," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) A.K. Thakur said, adding that both of them were wearing helmets.

"Shankar's helmet fell away after the bike skidded and he hit the divider head-on," said the DCP.

Both were rushed to a hospital, Shankar was declared dead on arrival.

Deepak suffered knee injuries.

On Friday, the two students on a motorcycle were killed after their bike rammed into a divider on the bridge and fell into the Yamuna river.

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/intern...dias-signature-bridge-third-death-in-two-days

India has the second highest road accident fatality rate after china and 35% of those fatalities are motorcyclists and cyclists.
 
Sad news. I hope
Let's give it a name "The Killer Bridge"
 

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