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Helmet-less riding snuffs out three lives

Mysore/Mysuru: Most people riding motorbikes today have heard it again and again: Riding a two-wheeler without a helmet is ridiculously dangerous. Bike accidents without helmets are far more likely to result in…

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Published February 19, 2020 · 3 min read
helmet-less riding snuffs out

Mysore/Mysuru: Most people riding motorbikes today have heard it again and again: Riding a two-wheeler without a helmet is ridiculously dangerous. Bike accidents without helmets are far more likely to result in death or brain trauma than ones where the motorcyclist’s head is properly protected. As per traffic data, in India, every hour, five two-wheeler users who died in a road accident did not wear a helmet.

Three persons were killed in separate accidents in city and one more person sustained serious injuries. And all of them were not wearing helmets and if they would have, their lives could have been saved. In the accident that occurred at 8.15 am today, 50-year-old Narayanappa was killed on the spot when a software company bus ran over him at Akashvani Circle.

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