MBBS student out for momo during lunch break dies in Yamuna Expressway accident

GHAZIABAD: A 24-year-old MBBS student on Sunday succumbed to injuries she suffered after the car in which she was travelling with two other friends and a driver crashed into a divider and turned turtle on a service road of the Yamuna Expressway on Friday.
From Darbhanga in Bihar, Talvia was admitted to a private hospital where she battled critical injuries for two days and died on Sunday morning. Her friends who were injured in the accident were identified as Yashika (23) of Delhi and Tanishka (23) from Gurgaon. The car (DL7CS-3289) is owned by Yashika's family.
Police said all three girls were students of Noida International Institute of Medical Sciences (NIIMS).
According to the cops, the three friends planned to have momos during the lunch break on Friday and went to Knowledge Park. They were returning to their college when the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the divider.
Suraj - Yashika's driver - was behind the wheel and was said to be racing at almost 100kmph. The accident occurred just 200m away from NIMS.
Talvia and Yashika suffered grievous injuries and were rushed to a private hospital nearby. Yashika's parents arrived later in the day and shifted her to another hospital. Tanishka and Suraj were released after first-aid.
Sanjay Kumar Singh, the SHO of Dankaur police station, told TOI that a passerby informed about the accident around 2pm on Friday. A police team was rushed to the spot and the occupants of the car were taken to hospital.
"All three are students of the same college. It was lunch break and the friends had planned to have momos from Knowledge Park. They were on their way back when the car hit the divider and four concrete pillars and then turned turtle. The damage to the car suggested it was being driven at almost 100kmph. Two of the students had serious injuries and were taken to a private hospital. One of them died on Sunday morning," he added.
The police said they were waiting for a complaint to lodge a case. An autopsy was done on Sunday and the body handed over to Talvia's parents, who arrived from Darbhanga.
According to data sourced from Noida police, speeding accounts for most accidents in the city. Last year, the traffic police had issued 37,261 challans for speeding. Officials said speeding was all the more a menace on the roads of Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway because of wide stretches and fewer vehicles.