Vivek Vihar, New Delhi: 2 students were killed after a speeding Honda City car ran into an electric pole on early Sunday morning. 2 students, who were passengers in the car, were also injured in the car accident.
In the video shared above, you can see how powerful the impact of the car was. The electric pole was uprooted and the car’s front portion was completely damaged.
21-year-old Prabhjot Singh and 20-year-old Rubal passed away in the accident.
18-years-old Malka Ganj and 21-year-old Keshav, are currently admitted at the GTB hospital.
Prabhjot and Rubal passed away in the hospital after they were rushed there.
Officer Yadav said that the 4 students were coming from a birthday party in which they drank a lot of liquor.
Meghna Yadav, a senior police officer in New Delhi, said, “Arshpreet is a student of Vivekanand College in Delhi University and stays in a flat at Dilshad Garden. It was Arshpreet’s birthday celebration on Saturday night. All the friends first assembled at his flat and had a party where they consumed liquor heavily the entire night.”
She added, “Later they all went for a joyride in Lakhshye’s car at 5 a.m. They also consumed liquor inside the car before it hit the divider, electric pole and signboards and turned turtle. Lakhshye who was at the wheel escaped major injury due to the airbag. He fled from the spot but later in the evening appeared before the investigators.”
Prabhjot Singh was a student at Delhi University and was working at a call center that was owned by Lakhshye, the owner of the car.
Rubal was a student at the Daulat Ram College and was the “best friend” of Arshpreet.
Keshav, another victim of the accident, was working in the same call-center
Preliminary investigations revealed that the car was over speeding and the driver of the Honda City lost control of the car and rammed into the electric pole.
The police have launched an investigation for the accident.
More details and updates about the Delhi accident will be released later.