Lonavla outing, car drive shock families

Pune: The families of the six students who died in the expressway mishap on Tuesday were not aware of their Lonavla trip.
Since all six died, the Kamshet police could not say where they were coming back from, but suspect that it must have been Lonavla.
Eighteen-year-old Yash Shirali, who had a learner's licence, was driving the car on the expressway where road safety experts advise only experienced drivers behind the wheel.
Umesh Patil's aunts Nisha Bhosale and Jayashree Shinde told TOI that his father Girish Patil is a deputy engineer working with Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran. "His parents shifted to Aurangabad a few months ago after his father was transferred," they said.
Umesh, a third year BBA student, was staying alone in a rented place in Kothrud, Shinde said."We came to know that one of their friends had recently secured admission to a good college and there was a celebration. Umesh left his rooms at 11.30pm on Monday after his friends came to pick him up. We thought they were in the city," a shocked Bhosale said.
Abhishek Roy's father works as a scientist with a defence organization in Pune, but had gone to Chennai on an official visit. Arunkumar Roy, who returned after hearing about the tragedy, said he spoke with his son at 11pm on Monday. "He told me that he had had dinner and was sleepy. Nobody knows when he left home and where he went. His mother and sister were in the house. We are in shock," he said.
Aditya Bhandarkar's father works in the Gulf. He was staying with his elder brother and mother in Bavdhan and doing his civil engineering from DY Patil College's polytechnic institute in Lohegaon.
Roy's classmates at Kashibai Navale College said all the six were from different colleges but football was their common ground. They would practice and play together.
Shrikant Deshpande, principal of Kashibai Navale College of Commerce, said, "All four students from our college were good. They were in different classes, but football brought them together."