From correspondents in India, 09:31 PM IST

An engineering student of Amity University here was killed and his friend was critically injured when their motorcycle hit a speeding dumper in the early hours of Monday, institute officials said.

Savita Mehta, vice-president of corporate communication at the university, said: 'Ankur Chawala, a fourth-year student of B.Tech, and Punit Relhan, a first-year MBA student, were on a motorcycle which collided with a dumper at Rajnigandha Chowk at 2.00 Monday morning.'

Both were taken to Kailash Hospital, where Chawala was pronounced dead. Relhan has suffered multiple factures all over his body, she added.

According to the police, the driver of the dumper fled from the accident spot. A case has been registered and efforts are on to trace the driver based on documents seized from the vehicle.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)