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Gujarat Highway Crash Kills 3 RK University Students, Injures 8

Police say a student at the wheel lost control at a bend during a late-night trip to Diu.

Overview

  • An SUV carrying 12 students overturned around 1:30 am near Jangvad village in Jasdan taluka, Rajkot district.
  • The deceased were identified as Naresh Kodavati, 19, Mothi Harsha, 17, and Afrid Syed, 17, all from Andhra Pradesh.
  • The group from RK University was traveling in a rented vehicle for a holiday to the coastal town of Diu.
  • Atkot police attributed the crash to loss of control by the student driver on a state highway bend.
  • The bodies were shifted to Rajkot Civil Hospital for postmortem, and two injured students with fractures were discharged after treatment.