Overview
- The black Mahindra Thar with UP plates lost control near Exit 9 (Jharsa Chowk) around 4:25–4:30 a.m., struck a concrete divider and flipped multiple times.
- Police identified the deceased as Pratishtha Mishra, Lavanya Singh, Aditya Pratap Singh, Aditi Soni (Jyoti) and Gautam Saini, with Kapil Sharma critically injured at Medanta.
- Traffic-camera footage captured the Thar at over 100 km/h before it suddenly veered at the exit, and investigators noted extensive debris scatter and braking marks at the scene.
- Officers say the group had visited a Sector 30 nightclub and were heading back toward Greater Noida; blood and viscera samples have been preserved for forensic analysis.
- The SUV has been seized and moved to Sector-40 police station as investigators review phones and call records, with police tracing ownership to Vishnu of Aligarh and use by an associate in Greater Noida.