In two separate late-night accidents on Friday at Palm Beach Road, four youths were injured — two of them in critical condition — after their two-wheelers crashed within minutes of each other near the Wadhwa Building in Nerul.

The first mishap occurred around 12.38 am, when Vishal Sanjay Suryavanshi, 28, a resident of Sector 20, Nerul West, was riding his Honda Activa towards CBD.  According to police, Vishal lost control and crashed into a water pipeline installed along the roadside. The impact was severe enough to render him unconscious on the spot.