YouTuber Abhiyuday Mishra aka SkyLord dies in road accident

Bhopal: YouTuber Abhiyuday Mishra who is known as SkyLord to the Free Fire players on the video-sharing social media platform, died after receiving severe injuries in a road accident during a biking tour on Monday, said reports.

According to the news agency Dainik Bhaskar, Abhiyuday was on an "MP Tourism Riding Tour" when the incient took place. SkyLord reportedly was rammed by a truck near Sohagpur on the Narmadapuram-Pipariya state highway on Sunday afternoon at around 2 pm.

Mishra, a native of Indore, has 1.49 million and 353 k subscribers on YouTube and Instagram, respectively. Mishra along with other bikers was on the ‘Riders in the wild’ journey, sponsored by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, which was flagged off on September 21 from Khajuraho.

The biking event was scheduled to cover four tiger reserves and popular tourist spots like Khajuraho,



Amarkantak, Panarpani, and Bhopal. The event was scheduled to end on September 27 on the occasion of World Tourism Day, a day after his death.

On Sunday, when the bikers group reached Pachmarhi and was heading towards Madhai, a truck coming from the direction of Pipariya hit the YouTuber from the back near Sohagpur town on the Narmadapuram-Pipariya highway. Critically injured Skylord was immediately rushed to a nearby Community Health Center (CHC), reported Dainik Bhaskar.

As his health condition worsened, he was shifted to Narmadapuram and later he succumbed to his wounds while being transported to Bansal Hospital in Bhopal. He had suffered serious injuries on his right leg and thighs.

An official of the MP Tourism Board, Umakant Chaudhary confirmed that the YouTuber had met with an accident in Sohagpur. Police registered a case against the truck driver, who hit SkyLord.