A 19-year-old second-year B.Tech student of GITAM University died in a road accident here on Sunday.
The student, B. Sai Srinivas, died on the spot after his car hit an electrical pole near Thimmapuram in the limits of Bheemunipatnam Police Station in the wee hours of Sunday. Srinivas is the son Ravi Kumar, an employee of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and a resident of the VSP Township in Ukkunagaram.
The police said that Srinivas along with his friends went to a restaurant at Rushikonda for a party on Saturday night. After the party, he was heading towards his hometown Kotabommali area in Srikakulam district in his car.
The police said that the youngster apparently lost control over the vehicle due to overspeed and poor visibility and hit an electrical pole.