MP: 3rd year MBBS student of NSCB Medical College killed, another injured in road accident

Jabalpur: In an unfortunate incident, a 22-year-old MBBS student of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, was killed and another medical student injured after a truck hit their motorcycle in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district.

The accident occurred at bypass crossroads ahead of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College at around 10 pm on Wednesday under Garha police station limits in the district.

 The truck dragged the student for about 500 metres, and ran away as soon as he got a chance.

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The deceased was identified as Rubi Thakur (around 21 years old), a resident of Shahdol. She was a third-year student. The injured student has been identified as Saurabh Ojha, a resident of Rewa and he is also a third-year medical student. He is undergoing treatment.

Garha police station in-charge Rakesh Tiwari said, “The truck was arriving from the Bhedaghat side and at the same time the medical students were also arriving on a bike. During this, the bike collided with the back portion of the truck after that the girl student fell on the truck’s tyre side in which she sustained major injuries and died on the spot.”

“The boy fell on the opposite side of the truck and sustained minor injuries. He is, however, in shock after the accident. Efforts were on to identify the truck and checking of the toll plazas in nearby areas were going on. Further action will be taken accordingly,” Tiwari added.

As per the latest media report in Free Press Journal, a large number of medical students reached the Andhmuk Bypass and demanded the arrest of the accused truck driver.

The body of the medical student was kept in the mortuary. Postmortem of the girl student will be done in the presence of family members

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