Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Two engineering students died on the spot while three of their friends were critically injured after their high-speeding car rammed into a divider and overturned in Indore on Monday.
The accident occurred near the bypass bridge in Indore’s Tejaji Nagar area around 2 AM on Monday.
All five students were from Dhapla village near Maheshwar and were studying in Indore.
The deceased have been identified as Dheeraj Patidar (20), son of Kishore Patidar, and Dhruv Patidar, son of Daluram Patidar. Both were B.Tech students and lived in a rented flat in Radio Colony.
The three injured—Hemant Patidar, Aditya, and Yashraj—are being treated in different hospitals, with their condition reported as serious. Hemant is a B.Sc. student at Maharana Ranjit Singh College.
As per police, Dheeraj was driving the car. The group went out for a late-night drive when the speeding vehicle lost control, hit the divider near the bridge, and overturned. Police arrived quickly at the scene and sent the injured to hospitals with the help of ambulances.
The students' families in Mandleshwar have been informed.
Police are now reviewing CCTV footage from the area to find out the exact cause of the crash.
