In a tragic end to 2018 for them and their loved ones, five engineering students died in a car accident in the Lalpuram area in Guntur Rural mandal.
The students were traveling in a car when they hit a road divider and the vehicle overturned. It was then hit by a van coming from the other side of the highway.
The car was reported to be going at a very high speed when the driver lost control and hit the divider. The impact was so powerful that the students were flung out of the car, and died on the spot.
The car was completely damaged, and the van which hit the car also overturned. Luckily the van driver escaped with injuries.
The victims were all second and third year students of RVR and JC Engineering College in Guntur.