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20-year-old engineering student killed as speeding BMW hits two-wheeler in Rajkot  

The police have arrested the BMW driver, son of a local businessman, for the accident

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A 20-year-old engineering student was killed after a speeding BMW hit his two-wheeler and dragged it for nearly 200 feet in Gujarat's Rajkot city in the wee hours of Monday, police said.

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The police have arrested the BMW driver, son of a local businessman, for the accident that occurred on Kalavad Road at around 2 am, an official from the Rajkot (taluka) police station said.

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He said Abhishek Nathani, a student at an engineering college, was killed on the spot, and the impact left the front portion of the vehicle completely mangled.

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"The SUV hit the two-wheeler, which was trying to cross the road and dragged it nearly 200 feet. The impact of the crash was such that the front of the vehicle was mangled, and the victim died on the spot," sub-inspector PJ Parmar said.

The driver, Atman Patel (26), escaped unhurt and was arrested, he said.

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The accident was captured on CCTV, and a probe is under way, the official said.

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