Two youths died while three were injured after their car rammed into a road divider at Shivaji Nagar square late in the night on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Vikram Gupta and Abhiraj Singh. Both of them were residents of Nasrullaganj in Sehore and had come to visit Bhopal with their friends. Apart from Vikram Gupta and Abhiraj Singh, three friends were also traveling in the car. These three have also been injured. They too have suffered serious injuries. The condition of one of them is serious. His treatment is going on in Hamidia Hospital.
The accident happened late at night due to the car going out of control on Link Road.
The speeding car went out of control and overturned on the footpath. Five young friends were traveling in the car.
According to the information received from the police, five friends were going by car from Link Road 1 towards New Market towards the board office and in front of Red Cross Hospital at Shivaji Nagar intersection the driver might have tried to slow down the car when the breaker came, but the speed of the car might have been so high that the car went out of control and jumped over the footpath.
One of the family members told that Vikram had studied MBA. After completing his studies, he got a job in a private bank located in Indore. Rhythm has a younger brother, who is pursuing his studies. While his father Vijay Gupta is a stationery businessman in Rehti.
Abhiraj Singh Rajput was a resident of Khirkiya district Harda. He stayed in Bhopal and did B. Tech was studying final year.