Joy ride turns tragic for two

HYDERABAD: A joy ride of two friends, who were on their way to Chilkur Balaji temple, ended in a tragedy after their vehicle was hit by a lorry coming from the rear at Deer Park on Saturday.
Moinabad police said that Nikhil Jaiswal, 23, a resident of Hanuman Tekdi, along with his friend Rithika Agarwal was travelling on a Scooty. Around noon, as they were heading to the temple, a lorry hit them from the rear side.Rithika escaped with injuries, while Nikhil died on the spot. The lorry driver fled from the scene after the accident.
In another incident, 19-year-old Md Qadar died when a DCM van hit him while he was riding a Honda Activa at Khilwat.
The Hussainialam police said Qadar, a resident of Shankargunj in Shahalibanda, used to work at a bangle store at Laad Bazaar. As he was nearing Khilwat, a DCM hit his Honda Activa and he died on the spot.