‘Woke up on the road, saw them lying motionless’: Friend of student killed in Greater Noida hit-and-run

Police said the students were taking a stroll after dinner when the incident took place at the Ryan roundabout in Beta 1 area on Saturday night. (Express photo by Abhinav Saha)

Ayush and Aditya were walking slightly behind the women and were the first to be hit by the car, said Isha. “As soon as the car hit us, a crowd gathered… I asked everyone to take us to the hospital but most didn’t know what to do,” she said. Police stated that the five rushed to the hospital within minutes. Isha and Anjali hail from Jaunpur. Arjun lived with his parents in Agra.

Police said Arjun’s sister had gotten married this week and his parents insisted he return to Greater Noida on Monday, said police. However, he had returned on Saturday and the friends decided to meet in the evening. His body has been taken back to Agra where the cremation will take place, said police.

The students’ friends received information later in the night that an accident had occurred. On Sunday, the students’ batchmates and faculty members visited them in the hospital. “We came to know around 2 am that this has happened. They are still in shock. They were merely walking when they were run over… One of them died for no fault of his. There has to be justice in this case,” said Abhishek, a friend.