Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi
Udaipur, Sep 26: Three people, including two MBBS students, were killed and two others critically injured after a speeding car collided head-on with a trailer on the Debari-Amberi National Highway in Udaipur on Saturday afternoon.
The accident occurred around 3.30 pm near the Ramdevji Temple, under the limits of Pratapnagar police station.
According to police, a Honda City car travelling from Debari towards Amberi allegedly went out of control and rammed into a road divider. The car then crossed into the opposite lane and collided head-on with an oncoming trailer. The impact left the car badly mangled, trapping its occupants inside.
Additional Superintendent of Police Umesh Ojha confirmed that the occupants were MBBS students of Pacific Medical College in Umarda, Udaipur.
The deceased were identified as Uday Bansal, a resident of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, and Ruchika Parihar, 25, from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh. A third person also died in the accident, but police were yet to confirm the identity.
Among the injured was Shashank Singh, son of Lakshminarayan and a resident of Haryana. He sustained serious injuries and was admitted to a private hospital. Another female student travelling in the car was also critically injured. Police said efforts were underway to establish her identity.
Following the accident, local residents and police personnel worked together to rescue the occupants trapped inside the wreckage. The bodies of the deceased were shifted to the mortuary, while the two critically injured students were rushed to hospital. Their condition was reported to be serious.
The accident triggered major traffic congestion on the highway, with vehicles queuing up on both sides of the road. Police deployed a crane to remove the wrecked car and trailer, and traffic was restored after the vehicles were cleared from the scene.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the car first hit the divider before crossing into the opposite lane and colliding with the trailer. Police have launched a detailed investigation to ascertain the exact circumstances leading to the accident.