Car overturns after hitting pole in Delhi, student killed

Police said that according to a primary investigation, it seems the car was speeding when Sharma, who was driving it, lost control and crashed into the electricity pole.

A 21-year-old medical student died and his friend critically injured when their car overturned after hitting an electricity pole in the Delhi University’s north campus area in the early hours of Sunday.

A 21-year-old medical student died and his friend critically injured when their car overturned after hitting an electricity pole in the Delhi University’s north campus area in the early hours of Sunday. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Police identified the deceased as Himanshu Sharma, a resident of Sarai Rohilla, who was pursuing a course in medicine from a college in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

At the time of the accident, he was accompanied by his friend Anubhav and two others, the police said.

The two students were in a Ford Ecosport and were returning after attending a college festival.

Deputy commissioner of police (north), Nupur Prasad, said they received a PCR call around 3.30am, informing them that a car had overturned after hitting an electricity pole near Daulat Ram College.

“We immediately rushed a team to the spot. The two occupants were unconscious. They were rushed to a hospital where Sharma was pronounced dead. Anubhav is under treatment,” Prasad said, adding that the crime and forensics team was called to the spot.

Police said that according to a primary investigation, it seems the car was speeding when Sharma, who was driving it, lost control and crashed into the electricity pole.

At the hospital, doctors told police that Sharma had died of head injuries.

The police have registered an FIR on the basis of the statement of a Delhi University student, who had witnessed the accident. The student told the police that he was passing by when he saw the electric police had fallen to the ground and the car badly damaged.

He also told the police that he saw two women, who were in the car, hire an autorickshaw and flee the spot.