KOTTAYAM: In a bizarre incident, the onlookers were found to be keen only to capture the video of a fatal accident in their mobile phone without making any attempt to save the lives of three youths who were lying bleeding on the road.

It was two bike riders who came that way some time later who took them to hospital. By that time, two had succumbed to their injuries, The third person is currently in the ICU.

The dead has been identified as Channanikkadu Suresh Kumar’s son Venu S Kumar (28) and Manikkunnam Radhakrishnan’s son Adarsh (25)

Karappuzha native Vigneswar (24) who was with Adarsh on a bike is the third victim who is in serious condition.

The accident happened at Mulankuzha Kakkoor KTDC Beer parlour road.

Venu was on his bullet from Pakkil side and Vignesh and Adarsh came from the opposite side on another bike. It was a head-on collision. All three were thrown off their bikes and during the fall, their heads hit the road.

The locals said they didn’t dare to save the victims as the accident spot was in the containment zone and they kept away for fear of contracting Covid.