In a horrific incident, two people were killed when a water tanker travelling at a high speed mowed down pedestrians and a stationary motorcycle at a traffic light near the Esteem Mall on the Bangalore International Airport Road on Thursday afternoon.

The whole incident was captured in a CCTV camera located near the site.

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According to the police, the tragedy occurred at around 12.45 pm at the Esteem Mall junction. The junction has been frequently flagged by locals as posing a serious threat to the lives of pedestrians since vehicles often ignore the red light at the point. The junction was earlier selected to be part of a pilot project on pedestrian safety initiated by the city traffic police but was later abandoned.

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One of the victims Arpitha (20), the daughter of a former Karnataka legislator, was using the pedestrian zebra crossing while the other victim, Anand Kumar (25), employed in a private company, was riding pillion on a motorcycle that had halted at the signal light when the water tanker ploughed into them and three others.

Arpitha and the three others who were injured were rushed to a nearby private hospital but Arpitha died enroute, the police said.

A senior police officer in Bangalore said that the Bruhath Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) as well as the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) had been asked to build a skywalk for pedestrians at the heavy traffic junction but nothing had materialized.

“Civic and road agencies have neglected pedestrian safety leading to this tragic accident,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Gangadharappa told The Indian Express.

The police have arrested the tanker driver.

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