New Delhi: A 19-year-old Delhi University student died after his car crashed into a guardrail near Rajghat in Delhi on Thursday. The victim, Aishwarya Pandey, was returning from Gurugram after celebrating his birthday with his four friends, who were also injured when the guardrail pierced through their vehicle, a Hyundai Venue.
Pandey, a first-year BA student of Deshbandhu College, was admitted to LNJP Hospital where he was put on ventilation support. He died late on Thursday.
According to sources, the students were under the influence of alcohol.
“It was Pandey’s birthday on Wednesday. He threw a party for his friends and had rented a car. While returning to Delhi, he gave the keys to his friend Aishwarya Mishra to drive,” the news agency PTI quoted a senior police officer as saying.
