Due to the impact, both Guna and Santosh suffered grievous injuries and passers-by rushed them to a hospital but to no avail.
Coimbatore: Guna (20) from Muthu Gounder Layout area of Pollachi PKS Colony and Santosh (20) from the Oothukkadu Road area are friends who had gone to visit Aliyar Dam on a two-wheeler.
On their way back home from Aliyar Dam to Pollachi, while attempting to overtake a vehicle near Angalakurichi, the two-wheeler hit a tree on the roadside.
Due to the impact, both Guna and Santosh suffered grievous injuries.
Passers-by rescued the two men who were fighting for their lives and rushed them to the hospital. But both the youth died tragically.
The police have released the CCTV footage of the youth being thrown from the bike after crashing into a tree. The video has gone viral on social media.