20-year-old Tanzanian student on weekend trip killed as bike hits divider in UP
India Today
The man who lost his life has been identified as 20-year-old Kamaal, who was studying at Sharda University in Greater Noida.
A Tanzanian national was killed in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district while he and his friends were on their way to a weekend getaway.
The incident took place on the Dehradun-Yamunagar highway on Saturday.
The man who lost his life has been identified as 20-year-old Kamaal, who was studying at a well-known private university in Greater Noida.
The group of friends, all of whom were students of Greater Noida-based Sharda University, were headed for Uttarakhand for a picnic and were on separate motorbikes.
According to the police, the fatal mishap occurred when the motorcycle that Kamaal was riding went out of control. The speeding two-wheeler rammed into a divider, the police said.
The impact of the collision caused the young man to fall on the road and sustain severe injuries. He was rushed to a nearby community health centre (CHC).
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