5 youths hurt as speeding SUV crashes into guardrail

Five college students were injured after their speeding SUV crashed into a guardrail that pierced through the middle of the vehicle near Rajghat in north Delhi early Thursday, according to the police.

Four of the five students are students of Delhi University colleges. The occupants of the car were returning from a birthday party at a pub in Gurugram. They have been hospitalised, police said.

Prima facie, it appears that the car was being driven at a high speed and the driver lost control, leading to the crash, according to the police.

The incident occurred on the stretch of road from Shanti Van to Geeta Colony, the police added.

Ashwani Mishra (19), a first-year student at Delhi University's Dyal Singh College, had rented the car for a night to celebrate his birthday.

Mishra, Ashwani Pandey (19), and Keshav (20), all residents of east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar, along with Saket resident Krishna (18) and Chhatarpur resident Ujjawal (19) drove to Zee Town, a pub in Gurugram, on Wednesday night. On the way back, Mishra was at the wheel of the car, cops said.

“While crossing the Geeta Colony flyover, Mishra got distracted while changing the song playing on his mobile phone and lost control of the vehicle. The car collided with the railing," the police said in a statement.

Among the five admitted to Delhi's Lok Nayak Hospital, the condition of Mishra and Pandey is critical, according to the police.