Six students lost their lives, and one was critically injured when their car collided with a truck at ONGC Chowk early Tuesday morning, local police reported. The fatal accident occurred around 1:30 am when the car, carrying seven occupants, rammed into the back of a truck, leaving the vehicle in a mangled state.
Circle Officer (City) Neeraj Semwal confirmed that the students—identified as Kunal Kukreja (23), Atul Agrawal (24), Rishabh Jain (24), Navya Goel (23), Kamakshi (20), and Guneet (19)—died on the spot. All the victims were residents of Dehradun, except for Kukreja, who hailed from Himachal Pradesh. Siddhesh Agrawal (25), the seventh occupant, survived the crash but remains in critical condition at Synergy Hospital.
Authorities are examining CCTV footage from the area to investigate the cause of the collision.
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