Uber cab accident: DU student Kayum Pegu dies in Noida hospital

NOIDA: One of the four DU students who had met with an accident in Uber cab in Noida died in a private hospital on Wednesday morning, five days after struggling for life. The deceased Kayum Krishna Pegu (20) was a student of English Honours in

Miranda House

.

V B Joshi, spokesperson of Kailash Hospital Noida, said that the victim was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition. “She had suffered critical injuries in head and lungs. She was admitted in ICU of the hospital. The victim did not respond to the medical treatment and succumbed to injury in the morning,” he said. The deceased body has been sent for a post-mortem and a report is awaited.

Kayum was a student of English (Honours) at Miranda House, Akshara is a psychology (Honours) student of Mata Sundari College, Pathak is enrolled in

Swami Shraddhanand College

in English (Honours) while Kalita goes to SGTB Khalsa College to study political science.

Pegu and her three friends were returning from Greater Noida to Delhi on the night of September 23 in an Uber cab after celebrating a friend’s birthday. The students said that the cab driver was speeding the vehicle which resulted into accident.

The speeding car crashed into the back of a stationary truck near Dalit Prerna Sthal. Pegu and

Siddharth Pathak

(19) were critically injured and were admitted in ICU of Kailash Hospital. Akshara Badola (20) is also admitted in the hospital while Tanuz Kalita (19) escaped with minor injuries. Kalita was discharged from hospital after primary treatment. Doctor said that Siddharth and Badola are stable and out of danger.

The family members and friends from DU flocked the hospital as the news of Pegu’s death spread. “She was a joyful and happy girl. This is an irreparable loss to us,” said a friend.

Police have registered an FIR against driver of the silver-coloured Ritz cab and investigating the case.


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