<p>Nagaraj hardly knew he would depart from the world without having a glimpse of his ewborn son. </p>.<p>Hours after he told his relatives that he would be leaving for Deodurg to see his son, Nagaraj was lying dead in Bowring Hospital.<br /><br />A lone earning member of his family, Nagaraj was married to Manjula a year ago. He had migrated to City in search of livelihood four months ago. He had two brothers, both unemployed, a married sister and parents.<br /> <br />The 22-year-old construction worker was mowed down by a recklessly driven SUV while he was sleeping on a pavement at HRBR Layout early Monday morning. Four others sustained injuries in the accident. <br /><br />“We celebrated when we heard Nagaraj became a father. But the happiness was shortlived,” Shivayogi, a grieving relative said.<br /><br />Hanumanth, who survived the accident with minor injuries, said he heard some strange noise and before he could wake up, a car dragged all the five of them. <br /><br />Nagaraj was lying in a pool of blood, he said.<br /><br />Hanumanth said he could not see the faces of the man and the woman who fled from the car. They were young and seemed drunk, he added.<br /><br />Accidents claiming lives of migrant workers, particularly involving drunken driving by affluent people, have been on the rise in the City.<br /><br />“We have taken such accidents very seriously and there is no question of sparing those responsible for the accident irrespective of their background,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic & Security) M A Saleem told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Saleem claimed that conviction rates in such accidents had gone up considerably.<br /><br />Previous incidents<br /><br />Four persons were killed when a car struck them in Indirangar on January 25, 2009. Two college students sustained injuries after they drove their SUV onto a pavement on Raj Bhavan Road on July 25, 2011. More recently, on February 11, 2012, a hotelier ran his SUV on a truck driver at Shivanachetty Garden Junction on Kamaraj Road. The victim lost his leg.</p>
<p>Nagaraj hardly knew he would depart from the world without having a glimpse of his ewborn son. </p>.<p>Hours after he told his relatives that he would be leaving for Deodurg to see his son, Nagaraj was lying dead in Bowring Hospital.<br /><br />A lone earning member of his family, Nagaraj was married to Manjula a year ago. He had migrated to City in search of livelihood four months ago. He had two brothers, both unemployed, a married sister and parents.<br /> <br />The 22-year-old construction worker was mowed down by a recklessly driven SUV while he was sleeping on a pavement at HRBR Layout early Monday morning. Four others sustained injuries in the accident. <br /><br />“We celebrated when we heard Nagaraj became a father. But the happiness was shortlived,” Shivayogi, a grieving relative said.<br /><br />Hanumanth, who survived the accident with minor injuries, said he heard some strange noise and before he could wake up, a car dragged all the five of them. <br /><br />Nagaraj was lying in a pool of blood, he said.<br /><br />Hanumanth said he could not see the faces of the man and the woman who fled from the car. They were young and seemed drunk, he added.<br /><br />Accidents claiming lives of migrant workers, particularly involving drunken driving by affluent people, have been on the rise in the City.<br /><br />“We have taken such accidents very seriously and there is no question of sparing those responsible for the accident irrespective of their background,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic & Security) M A Saleem told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Saleem claimed that conviction rates in such accidents had gone up considerably.<br /><br />Previous incidents<br /><br />Four persons were killed when a car struck them in Indirangar on January 25, 2009. Two college students sustained injuries after they drove their SUV onto a pavement on Raj Bhavan Road on July 25, 2011. More recently, on February 11, 2012, a hotelier ran his SUV on a truck driver at Shivanachetty Garden Junction on Kamaraj Road. The victim lost his leg.</p>