Guru Gobind Singh medical college 2 MBBS students critically injured, elderly man killed in road accident

Faridkot: In a tragic incident, two final-year MBBS students of Guru Gobind Singh (GGS) Medical College sustained severe injuries after a speeding car rammed into their two-wheeler near the college campus.

According to Tribune report, the accident not only left the two students with multiple compound fractures in their thighs and legs, with one also suffering a severely broken jaw, but also claimed the life of an unidentified elderly man.

The injured students were riding an Activa on Sadiq Road when a speeding car hit them from behind near the medical college gate on Wednesday evening. ​Now, both students are currently receiving medical care at GGS Medical College and Hospital.

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The Tribune reported that the driver of the car first slammed into the students, according to eyewitnesses.  After hitting the students, the car driver allegedly tried to flee the scene. In the process, he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into another motorcycle a short distance away. The second victim, an unidentified elderly man, was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival.

​The rampage only ended when a tyre on the car burst, rendering the vehicle immovable. Bystanders quickly surrounded the car, apprehended the driver, and handed him over to the local police.

DSP Tarlochan Singh told The Tribune, "This is a grave incident involving extreme recklessness. We have seized the vehicle and are investigating the circumstances of the multiple hits. Legal action is being initiated against the driver."

Medical Dialogues had reported that a tragic car accident claimed the life of a 24-year-old MBBS intern at a Government Medical College in Chennai and injured three of her friends after the car they were travelling in overturned near Villupuram.

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