15 January,2018 05:11 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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A tragic road accident on Palm Beach Road snuffed out the life of a young student. His friend, a 21-year-old LLB student also sustained severe injuries after the SUV they were in lost control and crashed into a lamppost on Sunday.
The deceased boy was a 21-year-old resident of Vashi and with him in the car was his friend, a college student who is in critical condition and has been admitted to the ICU at Fortis Hospital, Vashi.
As reported by the Times of India, the traffic unit in-charge, API Nandkumar Kadam said, "The impact of the crash was so severe that the SUV's engine got dislocated and landed 50 metres away on the Vashi carriageway near Sagar Darshan Society in Nerul. The damaged speedometer shows a reading of 120kmph. It is yet to be ascertained if the SUV veered off the road due to a tyre burst or uncontrollable speed."
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Sub-inspector Harshal Babar said, "Both victims were rushed to NMMC hospital by Uran police, who were passing by. Even passers-by helped the cops removing the victims trapped inside the mangled SUV. Thereafter, relatives of the youth shifted him to MGM hospital in Vashi and the girl was shifted to Fortis."
As per sources, the girl has broken the bone of her leg, has deep wounds on her hands and is in a semi-conscious state
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