Colleges remained closed on Wednesday in protest against death of a girl student of DSB campus Nainital in road mishap that occurred on Tuesday evening.
Four other students were injured in the accident. Apart from the DSB campus Nainital, other colleges, including MBPG College, Haldwani, also was closed on Wednesday on the same issue.
Bhawna Bohra, a native of Ranikhet, died while Meetika Bhatt of Khatima and Monika Mehta of Bageshwar were seriously injured. Two other girls — Babita and Bhawna — were discharged after being provided with primary treatment.
Bhawna Bohra and Meetika Bhatt were referred to a Haldwani-based hospital by the doctors of the B D Pandey Hospital Nainital on Tuesday. Bhawana succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday night.
The students of the DSB campus also staged dharna in Nainital against the district administration and also the health department, citing medical negligence on the part of the doctors regarding the five injured girls.
The accident occurred when a speeding car coming from the opposite direction hit them near DSB campus on Tuesday evening. The car driver Himanshu Bisht, a Nainital based trader, was arrested by Nainital district police.