MUMBAI: A 13-year-old boy’s heroic efforts to rescue two victims of a bike hit-and-run came to nought on Thursday thanks to callous hospital officials.

A 17-year-old boy who was riding a motorcycle illegally, with his friend seated behind, crashed into a pedestrian who had alighted from a bus in Mahim.

As they lay unattended on the road, the unidentified youngster hailed a cab and forced the cabbie to take the injured to Bhabha hospital . The hospital admitted the pedestrian, but refused to treat the biker, saying his condition was serious. The boy then rushed the two boys to Sion hospital where the minor died. Meanwhile, the pedestrian too died.

The young Samaritan has disappeared after his noble act and no details about him are known.

Kirkire wore no helmet. His slim frame had several severe injuries. He had head injuries when he crashed into the divider, his ribs were broken and had crushed into his vital organs, his face had cuts and bruises.

A young man residing in Al Hussain building in Mahim where Kirkire, the youngest of three children lived with his parents, said his brother cradled his head and the injured teen gazing into his eyes breathed his last. Kirkire was helping his father in his nylon threads trade. “He had just returned home and was having some food when he received a phone call from his friend and he went,’’ said his elder married sister Nusrat who resides nearby. “We don’t know whose bike it was, we used to always tell him not to ride..’’ A friend of Kirkire’s said he had seen him leave at night.

The family, still in a state of shock, conducted his funeral at the Mahim crematorium on Friday afternoon. The pillion rider friend attended the funeral too.

A Mahim police officer said that the biker was riding the bike at apparently a high speed. Khan, said a resident of the Al Hussain building, had a pan shop nearby. ``Kirkire succumbed at the hospital while the pillion rider suffered some injuries. The pedestrain too suffered serious injuries but died later.’’said the officer.

The officer said, ``Investigations are on to get details of the vehicle owner. Action will be taken for allowing a teenager to take the bike without a licence.” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Dhananjay Kulkarni confirmed that the two had died. He said investigations are on in the incident.

Meanwhile the Mahim residents who had in a signature campaign petitioned the BMC for a speedbreaker on that road said no action has yet been taken by the BMC ward officer despite a rise in speeding cases.