NAGPUR: Over-speeding claimed lives of seven medical students of Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi, Wardha, in the early hours of Tuesday after their vehicle suffered a 40-feet plunge from the Nagpur-Tuljapur highway onto a riverbed. Police took about three-hours to toil to retrieve the bodies from the spot which is close to 20km away from Wardha.
The students, including Gondia’s seating MLA’s son Avishkar Vijay Rahangdale, first year MBBS student, were heading towards Yavatmal after having a feast at a dabha where they had celebrated birthday. As per the preliminary investigation, the accident has taken place near Selsura village on Wardha-Deoli Road between 1 and 1.30 am.
other deceased have been identified as Neeraj Chauhan (Final year), Nitesh Singh (Intern), Vivek Nandan (Final year), Pratyush Singh (Final year), Shubham Jaiswal (Final year) and Pawan Shakti.
SP Prashant Holkar said the vehicle was likely to be driven by Chauhan who had likely to have lost control due to over-speeding. “The vehicle had fallen through the bridge railing after impacting it. The incident had taken place between two bridges,” he said. “We have already conducted the inquest. The post-mortem would be conducted in presence of senior experts,” he said.