GHAZIABAD: A 19-year-old Class XII student, who could not drive, took out his father’s i10 car at night when his entire family was asleep and crashed into an electric pole, killing himself. The accident took place early on Tuesday in Sector 3 of Raj Nagar.Vishant Verma sneaked out his father’s car from the family’s residence in Sector 3 after his parents and siblings fell asleep on Monday night. He neither knew driving nor possessed a driving licence.Nearly 400 metres from his home, the vehicle first crashed into an electricity pole, breaking it and then crashed into a tree 10 metres away.A security guard in the area called police after he spotted the car. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. The cops later informed Vishant’s family about the accident.“Vishant’s head was completely crushed in the accident and it took a lot of efforts to extract his body out of the car. His family members did not get the post-mortem done and cremated the body on Tuesday afternoon,” said Arvind Kumar, Raj Nagar Sector 3 police post in-charge.Vishant’s father Vijay Verma works as a pump operator at Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation’s Jal Kal department. The family stays in the department’s staff quarters in Raj Nagar.Vishant was the eldest among three siblings and would have turned 20 on February 20.“On Monday night, he took the car keys from his father’s jacket around 11.30pm and drove the car outside the house. While he was looking for the keys, his younger brother woke up and asked him what he was up to. Vishant said that he was going to drink some water and asked his brother to go back to sleep,” said a relative.He was quite excited about his birthday next month and had been asking every acquaintance to help him get a job at the earliest. It looks like he accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of brake as the vehicle hit the pole at a very high speed, said Vicky, one of Vishant’s friends.The power supply in the area was interrupted for more than 12 hours after overhead cables snapped in the accident.

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