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A student died and four others were injured after a vehicle ran over them in Greater Noida Saturday night. According to the police, all five were students of Galgotias University in Greater Noida, and they were taking a stroll after dinner when the vehicle crushed them and fled from the spot at the Ryan roundabout in the Beta 2 area.
“We received information that some pedestrians were mowed down by a speeding vehicle. Police and onlookers reached the spot, and they were taken to the nearest hospital. One of the students succumbed to injuries after he was referred to Kailash Hospital. We are scanning CCTV footage to ascertain the sequence of events,” said an officer from Beta 2 police station.
According to police, the victim has been identified as Ayush Sharma (23). The other students have been identified as Anjali and Aditya who are studying at GL Bajaj University; Isha who is studying at Hierank Business School in Noida; and Vaishnavi who is a student of United University based in Greater Noida. The four of them are pursuing an MBA.
The students, aged between 21 and 23, had planned to meet on Saturday evening. After having dinner at a restaurant, they were crossing the road around 11 pm when the vehicle hit them. The impact was such that the students were thrown across the stretch of the road. Four of them were knocked unconscious.
A huge crowd gathered which informed a police team stationed at the next crossing, and they rushed the students to Navin Hospital 500 metres away. Ayush was referred to Kailash Hospital after his situation deteriorated late Saturday night. Police said he was undergoing treatment for four-five hours but succumbed to injuries.
Police said Aditya and Vaishnavi are in the ICU at Navin Hospital and Isha and Anjali have sustained head injuries, and doctors are awaiting CT scan reports to evaluate them. The four are out of danger, police added.
Police said they have visited more than 30 facilities in the area to obtain footage of the suspected vehicle. The spot where the accident occurred is surrounded by a green belt which has obstructed a direct view of the road, police said.
One of the injured students told The Indian Express that a white car stopped briefly before it rushed away. Police said they are looking into all angles and that an FIR has been registered against unknown persons.
Police said Ayush’s body has been taken back to Agra, where he hailed from, and the cremation will take place there.
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