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- A 19-year-old fruit merchant named Bharathkumar was declared brain dead after a road accident between a bus and his bike near Mysore on September 8.
- Bharathkumar, son of Shivamadu and Lakshmamma of Moodalahundi village, was hit while travelling from Mysore to his home village and was admitted to a private hospital.
- The youth spent a week in the intensive care unit before the organ donation took place on Wednesday.
- Bharathkumar's parents donated his organs after the brain death, and the body was handed over to relatives and cremated on family land in the village.
- The donation matters because the organs can save other patients' lives even after the family's loss.
- Villagers say the spot near the Bonthagalli bridge on the Mysore-Bannur main road sees repeated accidents and have demanded speed humps to control vehicle speed.
What to watch next
- Whether authorities build speed humps near the Bonthagalli bridge on the Mysore-Bannur main road
- Whether the donated organs are successfully transplanted into recipients
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