A 21-year-old engineering student died while another student escaped with serious injuries after their motorbike was hit by a moving truck at 11 mile bypass road under Ratibad police station area in the wee hours on Monday.
According to the police two youths were injured after their motorbike was hit by a speeding truck at around 4 am and where rushed to a nearby hospital where one of the youths were declared dead.
The deceased was identified as Deepak Kumar Rao alias Ayush who hailed from Bihar and was pursuing BTech from RKDF College. Nitesh was driving the bike while Deepak was pillion rider.
In the initial investigation police found that around 10 youths on different bikes went to have dinner and met accident while returning in the wee hours. At the time of the incident the youths were drunk and which is seen as a reason behind the accident as the youths were not able to control their high speeding motorbike and met accident.
Police said that it was a head-on collision and proved fatal for the deceased while the escaped youth sustained serious injuries and was later referred to Chirayu hospital.
The condition of the injured youth Nitesh Kumar is critical and in under observation.
The deceased used to live with his friend in Awadhpuri. After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 304 of the IPC against the errant driver and have started further investigation.