4 IIT-D students killed, 2 injured in road mishap

Four students of Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi were killed and two were injured in a road accident near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan on Sunday. The two are stable and out of danger.

Four students of Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi were killed and two were injured in a road accident near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan on Sunday. The two are stable and out of danger.

The students were in the final year of college and had gone to Rajasthan on a personal trip after their exams. While three of them were from Delhi, the others were from Jharkhand. "It is a very unfortunate incident. The boys had gone to Jaisalmer on a trip. They were a little away from the city when the taxi (Innova) they were travelling in met with an accident," said an IIT-Delhi spokesperson.

Parents of all six students were informed about the accident and are expected to be in the city by Monday. "We are trying to make all arrangements to ensure that the bodies reach the city by 2 pm tomorrow (Monday)," the spokesperson added.