Three students of professional colleges were killed in a road mishap at Naya Raipur coming under Mandir Hasaud police station jurisdiction on Friday morning.
All the three were on a motorcycle which rammed a roadside pole resulting in their death on the spot.
Station House Officer (SHO), Mandir Hasaud, Jitendra Verma informed that Arpit Nath and Praveen Garg both residents of Kanker district and Parmanand Sahu a resident of Kaundkera in Gariaband district were on their way to their rental residence situated at Sector-29 when the incident took place at around 7.30 a.m.
There is no eyewitness but looking at the incident site it seems that their speeding bike rammed the road side poll and all the three sustained grievous head injuries. They all succumbed to injuries on the spot and no one was there to help for taking them to the hospital, the official said.
Arpit was a student of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Vth Semester and was studying at Swaroopanand College, Bhilai.
Praveen Garg was also a BBA student studying at ITM University, Naya Raipur while Parmanand was a student of Engineering at Rawatpura University. He was studying in BE VII Semester, police said.
A police patrolling party first noticed them lying in a pool of blood.
The deceased were on a single bike and were not wearing any helmet.