An accountant of a private company died after his car overturned at high speed in Shyamala Hills area late in the night on Sunday.
The accident took place when five friends including the deceased had gone out for dinner late at night in a car and near Kamla Park, the vehicle lost control and collided with the divider and overturned.
The people inside the car suffered serious injuries in the accident. All injured were rushed to Hamidia hospital where one of them was declared dead. At present, the police have handed over the body to the family members.
SI Gopal Singh said that Amit Dongre (27) of PWD Quarter Police Shyamala Hills, worked as an accountant in Kunji Lal Dongre Private Company.
Amit's father Tarun works in Pushkar. Amit had left the house with his friends Rohit, Dipesh, Aamir and Nitin at around 12.30 in the night on Sunday night after asking for food.
All had alcohol near Mata Mandir and then went to Qazi Camp to have food. The car bearing registration number MP04TA8529 was being driven by Rohit.
The five friends had reached near Kamla Park. Then the vehicle lost control and collided with the divider and overturned. Due to high speed, the car overturned twice. In which Amit suffered a serious head injury and Nitin's leg was fractured.
Police have handed over the dead body to the family members after getting PM done. At present the police are investigating the matter. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the vehicle belonged to Travels, which is attached with Satpura Bhawan.