Maharashtra: BJP MLA's son among seven medical students killed in road accident in Wardha

Seven persons, including some medical students and the son of an MLA, were killed in the Wardha district of Maharashtra when the car they were travelling in fell off a bridge in the wee hours of Tuesday, police said.

The incident occurred around 1:30 AM near Selsura village in the district in east Maharashtra, an official said.

Prima facie, the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle which fell off a bridge, killing seven passengers on the spot.

As per the preliminary information, the deceased included some MBBS students and the son of Tirora BJP MLA Vijay Rahangdale.

All of them were students of Sawangi Medical College in Wardha. While Neeraj Chauhan, Vivek Nandan, Pratyush Singh and Shubham Jaiswal were final year MBBS students, Avishkar Rahangdale and Pawan Shakti were first-year students and Nitesh Singh was a medical intern

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the deaths of the students and announced two lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the families of those who lost their lives in the accident.