Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 16

A student lost his life while five others were injured, when their car rammed into a pillar on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) track here late on Monday night.

They were returning from a marriage function, when the incident took place. The deceased has been identified as Gurbir Singh Virk, a resident of Muktsar, while the injured include Subhdeep Singh, Uday Singh, Harjit Singh, Tarundeep and Jaspreet Singh, all residents of Bathinda. They were final year students at Khalsa College here and were living in a paying guest facility at the Rani Ka Bagh area. According to information, the victims were travelling in an I-20 car (PB-04-W-2035) and were coming from Attari Road side, where they had gone to attend some marriage function. The police said the car was apparently at a very high speed and running on the BRTS track. They tried entering the main GT road near Gawal Mandi Chowk and took a right turn but lost control over the vehicle and it hit the pillar.

Gurbir Virk sustained serious head injuries leading to his death while others, too, suffered serious injuries. One of the victims Shubhdeep is critical and has been operated upon.