A teenager and a middle-aged man died in Chandigarh in two separate road accidents within 24 hours, police said on Friday.

The teenager identified as Vivek Kumar (16) died on Friday after his motorcycle crashed, police said. The man, Dwarka Prasad Yadav (40), died Thursday afternoon after a school bus hit his scooter.

Vivek, who worked at a dairy in Pinjore, crashed his motorcycle into a footpath near the Sector-17 Cricket Stadium Chowk at around 5 am.

Police said two of his friends — Raju (17) and Rahul (18) — who were riding pillion, were injured.

The trio was returning from a late-night party and no one had a helmet on, police said.

Vivek and Rahul suffered serious injuries, while Raju sustained minor injuries. Police rushed them to the hospital in Sector-16, where the doctors decl

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