HYDERABAD: Four students travelling in a car died in a road accident in Mokila late Wednesday night, following a birthday celebration for one of the deceased.
The group, including one woman, were travelling from Mokila towards Narsingi when the accident occurred at around 1 am on Thursday.
According to police, five students were travelling in an SUV when the vehicle hit a tree at high speed. Authorities are yet to determine whether drunk driving was a factor.
"Sumit, Nikhil, Rohit and Surya died. Nakshatra survived with injuries. Except for Rohit, the deceased were BBA students at ICFAI Business School (IBS). Sumit was driving, and it was his birthday," Mokila Inspector Veera Babu told TOI.
The impact of the collision left the SUV badly mangled.
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