MP: Medical Student Killed, Another Injured After Truck Hits Their Motorbike In Jabalpur

After getting information about the incident, other students staged a demonstration near the spot, demanding action against the truck driver.

The two-wheeler got hit when the truck was turning.

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Jabalpur: A 22-year-old woman medical student was killed and her male friend injured when a truck hit their motorcycle in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur city, police said on Thursday.

The woman, Ruby Thakur, who was riding pillion, got dragged for 25 to 50 metres after getting stuck on the rear side of the 14-wheeler truck during the accident on Wednesday night. She died on the spot, Garha police station in-charge Rakesh Tiwari said.

The two students, both in the third year of the MBBS course, were returning to the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College campus here, when the accident took place at Andhamukh crossing at around 10 pm, he said.

The other student, Sourabh Ojha, received severe injuries and was undergoing treatment in the medical college hospital, the official said.

Their two-wheeler got hit when the truck was turning, he said.

The truck driver later fled with the vehicle.

After getting information about the incident, other students staged a demonstration near the spot, demanding action against the truck driver, the official said.

The police were examining CCTV footage of the area to trace the truck and its driver, he said.

Thakur hailed from Shahdol district and Ojha from Rewa district, the police said. 

In another incident, two brothers were killed while another was injured after being crushed under a tractor-trolley here on Wednesday, police said.

The accident happened near Sahili village under Malwa police station area, they said.

Virendra Singh (25) and his cousin brothers Chotu Singh (24) and Nagendra Singh (23) had gone to buy fodder in a tractor it overturned, Station House Officer (SHO) Alok Kumar Pandey said The injured were rushed to a hospital where Virendra and Chotu were declared dead by the doctors while Nagendra is undergoing treatment, police said.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, the SHO said.

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