Ludhiana MBBS student among 4 killed in accident
HOLIDAY TRIP TURNS FATAL Were coming back from Himachal when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck near Baghpat-ghaziabad border
GHAZIABAD/NOIDA: Four students were killed after a car they were travelling in lost control and rammed into a stationary minitruck on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway near the Baghpatghaziabad border on Tuesday, police said. A fifth person who was with the group was critically injured.
All five were studying medicine at Sharda University in Greater Noida and were coming back from a holiday in Himachal Pradesh when the accident took place in western Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, police said.
“Four students died on impact as the car was badly damaged. One of the eyewitnesses said the car was travelling at a speed of about 120-130 kmph. Suddenly, the driver applied brakes, probably after he saw a mini-truck parked on the left,” said a police officer from Chandinagar police station who did not want to be identified.
“Though the driver applied brakes about 50 metres from the vehicle, the car overturned, skidded and rammed the rear of the truck. The car was badly damaged. Our response vehicle was nearby and rushed to the spot, but four students died on the spot. The fifth student, a woman, who sustained severe injuries, was admitted to a hospital in Delhi,” he said.
The deceased were identified as Karishma Dhingra from Delhi, Kant Dhingra from Ludhiana, Shoaib from Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur and Abhishek Soni from Ganga Nagar in Rajasthan. The injured student was identified as Anchal Rana from Moradabad, police said.
“Our personnel from the Chandinagar police station rushed to the spot, which is close to Ghaziabad district, and pulled out the injured students… They were probably returning from a holiday from Himachal Pradesh and were headed from Kondli towards Ghaziabad,” said Kumar Ranvijay Singh, additional superintendent of police, Baghpat.
The driver of the mini-truck fled the spot. Police have seized the vehicle. The management of the university said all five were third year MBBS students. While Anchal Rana and Abhishek Soni resided at the varsity’s Indira Hospital, the three others lived in a PG accommodation.
“They had not informed the university management about their journey. On Tuesday, we received information about the accident and we sent a team to Baghpat to facilitate the process,” Ajit Kumar, joint registrar and public relations officer at Sharda University, said.“we are extending all support to the families of the students,” he added.