{
  "id": 272210,
  "title": "Medical student dies 3 days after being run over by 2 youths",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/medical-student-dies-3-days-after-being-run-over-by-2-youths",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T16:24:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/medical-student-dies-3-days-after-being-run-over-by-2-youths/article71318452.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dr. Kanike Priyanka, a 28-year-old medical student from Rajamahendravaram G.S.L. Medical College, passed away on Friday after being pronounced brain dead three days prior. The tragedy occurred on August 3 when the young physician, a resident of Kurnool district, was struck by a car twice while walking out of a mall and subsequently run over by another vehicle while on a two-wheeler. Priyanka was immediately transported to a GSL group-owned private hospital where she was declared brain dead. On August 4, with her parents' consent, she was transferred to a private hospital in Hyderabad. The attackers, identified as S. Daswanth and Andrew Joseph Edwards, have been apprehended and a case has been filed under BNS 125 (A). The parents of the deceased opted for organ donation in Hyderabad. The Indian medical college's management informed The Hindu that the parents gave consent for organ donation on Friday.",
  "summary": "The Hindu reports that Dr. Kanike Priyanka, a 28-year-old medical student at Rajamahendravaram G.S.L. Medical College, passed away three days after being declared brain dead following a tragic incident on August 3. The incident occurred when she was struck by a car twice by two youths and subsequently hit by the car again as she sat on a two-wheeler with a friend. Dr. Priyanka was rushed to a private hospital in Rajamahendravaram, where she was declared brain dead. Her parents subsequently decided to transfer her to a private hospital in Hyderabad. The accused, identified as S. Daswanth and Andrew Joseph Edwards, have been arrested, and a case has been registered under the BNS 125 (A) law.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}