Kanpur. An Intermediate student riding a scooter met with an accident while trying to overtake a tempo in front of Chandrika Devi temple on Tuesday morning. His head collided with the auto coming from the front and he died on the spot as he was not wearing a helmet. Arjun, 17, son of Sanjeev Kumar, resident of Latoosh Road, was a Class 12 student at Christchurch Inter College.
According to family members, on Monday evening a friend living in the area had taken him to a wedding ceremony at a guest house located on 80 Feet Road. Both stayed there the whole night. At 8 in the morning, the friend gave his scooter to Arjun and sent him home for some work. While returning from there, Arjun, who was driving a scooty near Chandrika Devi temple in Raipurwa, tried to overtake the tempo but his head collided with the auto coming from the front.
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Due to lack of helmet he suffered serious head injury. By the time the passers-by reached him, he was dead. Police informed the friend about the incident with the help of the vehicle number. Police reached the spot along with a friend and asked to send the body to the mortuary and inform the family. It is alleged that the friend informed the family about three hours after the incident. Meanwhile, the body remained unclaimed in the hall. When the relatives of the deceased arrived, the friend ran away as soon as he saw them. Raipurwa police station in-charge said that necessary action is being taken by sending the body for post-mortem.
