Medical Student Dies After Being Dragged by Truck in MP, Batchmate Critical

BHOPAL:
A 3rd-year medical scholar was killed after being dragged for round 100 meters by an unknown truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur.

The physique was recovered late on Wednesday. The sufferer was a pillion rider on a motorbike, which was being pushed by her batchmate, who survived with a number of accidents.

The deceased was recognized as Rubi Thakur, a resident of Shahdol district. She was pursuing her MBBS diploma from Netaji Subhas Chandra Medical School, Jabalpur, the oldest government-run medical school in Madhya Pradesh.

Sources advised IANS that Rubi and her male batchmate, Saurav Ojha, had gone to Bhedaghat, a waterfall space situated round 35 km from Jabalpur district headquarters. Whereas they had been heading again in direction of Jabalpur, they had been hit by a dashing truck.

Saurav Ojha, who can also be pursuing his MBBS course from the identical school, hails from Rewa district. He was admitted to a hospital in Jabalpur, and his situation was mentioned to be crucial.

Sources mentioned that because of the affect, Saurav fell round 20 meters away, whereas Rubi’s garments obtained entangled with the truck and was dragged for round 100 metres. Her physique was discovered crushed on the highway.

Native police rushed to the spot quickly after receiving data and recovered the physique and despatched it for autopsy. School employees and members of the family had been additionally knowledgeable concerning the incident. “Girl’s body was mutilated and has been sent for autopsy. Boy has been admitted to a government hospital. It was found that a heavy-loaded truck hit them from behind. We are locating the suspected truck,” mentioned a police official.

The incident occurred days after a girl was dragged beneath a automobile for a number of kilometers and her mutilated physique was recovered on a highway in New Delhi.