In a tragic road mishap eight youngsters were killed on the spot on the Outer Ring Road on Tuesday.

According to the police, seven students were travelling from Sadashivpet of Medak district to attend a marriage reception at Medchal in a MUV.

The driver of their Tavera slowed down and was about to stop the vehicle when he saw a truck halted at the ORR tollgate at Medchal. Suddenly another truck came from behind and rammed the Tavera, sandwiching it between the two heavy vehicles.

The students got crushed between two trucks with grievous injuries. While, eight people died on the spot another person was admitted to hospital with serious injuries. The bride’s younger brother Mohammed Irfan was also among those who died.

 “The second truck driver lost control as he was speeding. The speed was so much that the MUV was crushed between the vehicles,” said Petbasheerabad ACP, S. Ashok Kumar. Police booked a case against the truck driver. “The truck was going to Kolkata with household articles from RGIA colony,” said the ACP.

The accident took place at around 11.30 pm. The MUV was driven by its owner Md Sakhawat Ali, 30, a resident of Sadashivpet. Ali’s MUV was hired by the youths who wanted to attend a wedding reception. Ali also died on the spot.

The other victims are Mahmood Firoz, 24, an engineering student, Mahmood Nishad Ali, 24, engineering student, Mahmood Irfan, 17, an Intermediate student, Md Akbar, 22, a degree student, Md Akheel, 21, a degree student, Mahmood Imraz, an engineering graduate, and Md Sameer, 21, an engineering student. All the dead belong to the Sadashivpet area in the city.

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BY M. DIVYA SRI