Indian MBBS student studying in Ukraine dies in car accident

Mohali: In an unfortunate incident, an Indian origin MBBS student studying at a medical university in Ukraine died in a car accident on Thursday evening. 

The deceased has been identified as a 4th year medical student in the city of Kiev, Ukraine, hailing from lalru city in Mohali district of Punjab. 

While the student was declared dead by the doctors in Ukraine, his friend who was accompanying him suffered major injuries. 

The incident took place on April 15 when the student was on his way to get his visa to return to India with his friend who is a resident of Sonipat. They were riding an open Audi car without a roof and the student was driving the car. 

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Following this, the car met with an accident at around 9 pm in Ukraine. Since the duo were not wearing the seatbelts of the car, they were thrown away from the car due to the aftereffect of the accident. 

This affected the duo excessively since the student suffered fractures in his leg, pelvis and spinal cord, while his friend's five ribs were broken and his liver was also damaged. 

After the accident was noticed, the duo were taken to a hospital in Ukraine where the doctors began their treatment. The hospital surgeons successfully completed his spine operation on April 18 and the next surgery for his hip was scheduled on April 27, Rozana spokesman reports

Before the surgery, Paras had an open conversation with his family at 1 pm on Thursday and asked them to contact him after the surgery but unfortunately died from excessive bleeding during his hip operation on the same day. 

His family was devastated to hear the news when they were informed at 6:30 pm that their son was no more. 

The deceased had two sisters- one is a lawyer in Canada while the younger one is a MBBS student in Ukraine. While the student died from the accident, his friend survived following a surgery. The deceased and his friend returned to Ukraine on June last year after they had returned during the war between Russia and Ukraine.

The student's body was expected to reach his native village Lalru on Sunday or Monday morning.

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