Udaipur, September 26: Two medical students were killed and two others were seriously injured after their car collided with a trailer on the Debari-Amberi National Highway in Udaipur district on Saturday afternoon.

The accident took place at around 3:30 pm in the Pratap Nagar police station area, about 100 metres from the Ramdevji Temple.

According to the police, the speeding car first hit the road divider and then moved onto the wrong side of the highway before crashing into an oncoming trailer.

The collision was so severe that the car was completely crushed and its body was badly damaged. On receiving information, Pratap Nagar SHO Ajay Singh Rao and police personnel reached the spot.

With the help of a crane and after considerable effort, the occupants trapped inside the car were taken out and shifted to a private hospital. Doctors declared one male and one female student dead. Two other students, who sustained serious injuries, are undergoing treatment.

Two Students Killed, Two Injured

Additional SP Umesh Ojha said the deceased have been identified as Uday Bansal, son of Dilip Bansal and a resident of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and Ruchika Parihar (25), daughter of Raghunath Parihar and a resident of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

The injured students have been identified as Shashank Singh, son of Lakshminarayan and a resident of Haryana, and another female student. Both are seriously injured and receiving treatment.

All four students were MBBS students at Pacific Medical College, located in Umarda, Udaipur.

After the rescue operation, the damaged vehicles were moved to the side of the road to clear the accident site. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.