Bengaluru Teens On Late-Night Car Race, 1 Dead. Fathers Arrested

BENGALURU: A late-night car race by three teens in Bengaluru ended in a death of one of them over the weekend. Two others sustained minor injuries. All three vehicles as well as a lorry were badly mangled. The boys, students of the city's international school, had hit the elevated expressway on the electronic city late on Saturday night. Each of them was driving cars that belonged to their parents. The police said the two surviving teens have admitted to hitting speeds of 150-plus km per hour. Around 3 am on Sunday, two of them lost control of the cars while exiting from the flyover. A 17-year-old, who was driving a Skoda, died on the spot. An Innova being driven by another teen jumped the median and hit a canter lorry coming from the opposite direction. The impact overturned the lorry and its axle was dislodged. The third teen, who was in another SUV, sustained minor injuries. His vehicle was badly damaged. The police have filed cases against the teenagers as well as their fathers. The three men have been arrested. Two of them are leading IT professionals in the city, the police said. "The boys claim they had gone on such drives earlier with more of their school friends... there could have been more casualties," said Abhishek Goyal, a senior officer of the traffic police. "We have booked the fathers since the vehicles are registered in their name and it was their responsibility to keep the boys under check," the officer added. The Bengaluru traffic police constantly monitor CCTV camera feed from the city and social media accounts to clamp down on drag racing and street stunts. Despite that, the Electronic city elevated expressway, airport expressway and NICE road witness racing and stunts by youngsters on cars and bikes.