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It may have been yet another accident for many in the city but it changed the life of every person associated with Narra Phani Girish, a 3^rd year CSE student of Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology  and A. Pavan Kumar, a 2^nd year CSE student from the same college when both of them met with a fatal accident on their way to college from ECIL on 26^th February, 2010.

This ghastly incident took place at Rampally Cross Roads near Ghatkesar when the bike they were traveling on directly hit a DCM van coming in the opposite direction. It was Phani who was riding the bike and it is very sad to acknowledge the fact that Pavan had asked for a lift and joined Phani just 5 minutes before the accident took place. The mishap occurred when Phani tried to overtake a lorry and was speeding at over 80 KMPH but failed to notice another vehicle coming in the opposite direction. It is really painful to notice that A.Santosh, a 4^th year IT student and  brother of Pavan was just behind the spot on another friend’s bike when this incident took place. The DCM driver absconded the scene immediately after the accident had occurred.

The whole student community of SNIST was shocked when the news that Phani had died on the spot and Pavan took his last breath on way to the hospital was confirmed. Many were in tears and some others where in utter dismay of losing their friends. It was really very painful for the close friends of Phani and Pavan to accept that their friends would never greet them again with smiling faces. The college was let off immediately after this news had reached the management and many students gathered at the accident spot. It was very sad to see many of them weeping over the loss of their dearest friends. Many had also opined that Phani would have been saved if only he had worn a helmet while riding the bike.

Phani was the core committee member of the ISTE student chapter of SNIST and was very active in extra-curricular activities. Indeed, he was the most favourite student of many of the lecturers who had taught him during the 3 years he spent at the college. Many lecturers and also students expressed their heart-felt condolences to his parents. Phani had an elder brother who is now in the USA and had gifted a bike and laptop to Phani just recently on the occasion of his marriage.Pavan was also a very active student and was very serious about his career.

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After this ghastly incident, pictures of both Phani and Pavan were put up in the Administration block on Monday morning and candles were lit in their memory both in the morning as well as evening and their classmates had also put up posters on the notice boards all over the college with the slogan “Speed thrills but Kills” asking other students to be very careful while driving. A brief silence of 2 minutes was also maintained by all the students on Monday praying for the peace of their souls.

Classmates and close friends of Phani had also visited old age homes, orphanages and donated money, spent time there on Phani’s birthday as he had a habit of doing the same every year instead of wasting money on parties. Classmates of Pavan were also shaken by the incident and many of them could not really accept that their friend is no more with them.

So friends, let us all learn a lesson from this incident and be very careful every time we start our engines because many people need us in their lives. Let us all remember the age old saying – “Speed thrills but kills” and also pledge to wear a helmet before we start speeding on our vehicles.

May your souls rest in peace, Phani and Pavan!!