THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A youth was killed after an accident involving three bikes near Venapalavattom along the Kazhakkoottam–Enchakkal NH stretch during the early hours on Monday. The deceased, Omar A (20), a Kallara naitve, is the son of Abdul Nazar and Naju. Another youth, Shefin (21) of Pangode, suffered minor injuries. Three others were also injured.

The youths were friends who were working in a restaurant at Mall of Travancore (MOT). They were travelling from Technopark towards MOT when the incident took place around 2am on Monday. Omar, along with Shefin and another friend Haisham (20) were travelling in three bikes. A tipper truck and a car, had been parked on the road ahead of them near Venpalavattom. Shefin applied brakes in a bid to slow down at the accident spot. Omar who was late to notice Shefin slowing down rammed onto his bike. The impact knocked down both onto the ground.

While Shefin injured his leg, Omar crashed on to the divider nearby and his body was ripped in half and died on the spot. Haisham suffered minor injuries.

Omar’s body was handed over to his family after post-mortem on Monday afternoon. Pettah police have filed an accident case.

In the past week, one youth was injured in a similar accident at Palayam underpass, when a bike rammed another from behind.