DU Student Killed, Three Others Injured After Speeding Uber Cab Crashes Into Truck

Admin 28-Sep-2016 16:26:30 Inothernews

DU Student Killed, Three Others Injured After Speeding Uber Cab Crashes Into Truck


A Delhi University Student has been killed and three of her co-passengers were injured, two of them critically after their cab crashed into the back of a stationary truck in Noida. The deceased student has been identified as Kaayum Krishna Pegu (20), who suffered serious injuries in her lungs, head and eyes. Siddharth Pathak (19), who was in the passenger seat is also "critical" with a serious head injury. Akshara Badola (20), who was seated next to Kaayum, is admitted in the general ward and is out of danger. Tanuz Kalita (19), who was on Kaayum's other side, has been discharged. The cab's driver, Viresh, was also injured. All of them, DU students, had booked an Uber cab to return home from a friend's birthday party on Friday.



The accident happened near the Dalit Prerna Sthal in the early hours of September 23. All the four students are between 19 and 21 years old.

, who was seated between two friends in the rear seat, is in "a very critical stage" due to , said a doctor at Noida's Kailash Hospital where all four students were taken after the accident.

An FIR was filed on a complaint from Kalita, who alleged the driver of the silver-coloured Ritz cab was speeding.

But the owner of the cab, Sanjay Kumar, claims it was the students who had asked him to speed because they were in a hurry. The four had taken the cab from Unitech Cascades in Greater Noida and were headed for Delhi's Vijaynagar.

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Ferjad Hazarika, Kaayum's friend, said, "Akshara had a conference the next morning so the students felt that they should return the same night. The driver was speeding and the students asked him to slow down. But he paid no heed. There was a stationary truck near Gate No. 5 of Dalit Prerna Sthal, which the car hit from behind." He said passersby called police, who rushed the students to hospital.

SHO Amarnath Yadav said a case had been registered for rash-driving and grievously causing hurt by endangering life. Police said the car was being driven at over 100 km/hour.

In a statement, Uber said, "We are pained to learn about the accident and are closely engaged with the victim's family to provide all assistance."

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