Mysuru, July 6 -- * Hayabusa crash kills rider, food delivery executive on Nelson Mandela Road

* Residents demand a crackdown on illegal night-time street racing menace

In a horrific road accident in the early hours of today, two people were killed when a high-speed Hayabusa sports bike rammed into a two-wheeler near Bal Bhavan on Nelson Mandela Road. The impact of the accident and the subsequent fire reduced the high-end sports bike to ashes within minutes.

The deceased have been identified as Syed Shaeran alias Shara (30), a resident of K.P. Mohalla in Chamarajanagar, who was riding the Hayabusa and M.S. Karthik (42), a duty-bound food delivery executive from Bogadi who was caught in the middle. According to residents, groups of bike...