Hyderabad: A 21-year-old student from Telangana who was pursuing MBBS in Vietnam died in a road accident when the two-wheeler he was riding rammed into a wall. Another student who was riding pillion suffered injuries. The mishap occurred in An Khanh Ward near Bung Xang Lake in Can Tho City’s Ninh Kieu district. Both students were studying medicine at the Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy. They were staying on Nguyen Van Cu Street in An Khanh Ward. Identified as Arsid Ashrith, the deceased hailed from Kagaznagar in Komarambheem Asifabad district. His father is a cloth merchant. A CCTV footage of the incident shows the two-wheeler speeding before mounting a pavement and ramming into the compound wall of a house. The video also shows another two-wheeler, coming from the opposite side, narrowly escaping a head-on collision with Ashrith’s bike.“Right from his childhood, he always wanted to become a doctor. That is why we sent him there to pursue his dream,” Ashrith’s father, Arsid Arjun, told TOI on Thursday. Arjun’s brother-in-law and father-in-law are also doctors. “We wanted to see our son also as a doctor, but were shocked on being informed that he died in a road accident,” said Arjun. The family got to know about Ashrith’s death from his friend after the mishap took place at 5.45 am on June 4. While Ashrith was planning to visit home on July 17, his parents also wanted to visit Vietnam and had applied for their passports on June 3. They planned to return with their son.The medical student, who completed two years of study, would have finished his medical studies in another four years. The family has urged the Indian embassy in Hanoi to help send the mortal remains of Ashrith to India.
