Nagaland student killed in road mishap

A student from Nagaland was killed, while her two friends suffered injuries when their motorcycle was hit by a vehicle here, police said today.

The deceased has been identified as Ausam (20), a BSc student of Lovely Professional University, Chaheru.

Her two male friends, Yopito of Nagaland and Nikhil Chaudhary from Chhattisgarh's Raipur district, were injured in the road mishap, they said.

They were on their way to the university when their motorcycle was hit by a vehicle near the Hargobind Nagar crossing on National Highway 1 yesterday, police said.

Ausam's body was handed over to her family after autopsy at civil hospital, they said.
 

The two injured youths have been hospitalized, they said.

SHO Sukhpal Singh said a case has been registered against an unknown person on the charge of causing death by negligence.