A 25-year-old motorcyclist was killed and two others injured after their motorcycle collided head-on with a speeding harvester near a culvert on the Sonpur-Ghana road under the jurisdiction of Khamaria police station on Tuesday night.

As per police, the deceased was identified as Kartik Kushwaha. His companions, Ankit Gotiya and Ranjit Kushwaha, sustained injuries and were referred for further treatment.

 

The incident took place around 8.15 pm on November 10. Complainant Sunil Kumar Kushwaha (39), a resident of Dundi Pipariya village informed that he runs an MP Online kiosk in Sonpur and was travelling towards Ghana on his motorcycle.

 

Meanwhile, Kartik, Ankit and Ranjit were riding another motorcycle numbered MP-20ME-8093, with Kartik at the wheel. Their motorcycle was ahead of Sunil’s when they reached a culvert near the Sonpur turn on Ghana road.

A harvester bearing registration number MP-04DB-2535, approaching from the Ghana side, hit their motorcycle head-on while being driven at high speed and negligently. The impact threw all three riders onto the road, leaving them injured and damaging the motorcycle.

 

Kartik sustained serious injuries to his head, forehead, face, hands, chest and legs and fell unconscious. The injured were immediately taken to Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK) Hospital, where doctors declared Kartik dead. Ankit and Ranjit were provided initial treatment before being referred to another hospital.

Khamaria police have registered a case under Sections 281, 125(a) and 106(1) of BNS and started investigation.