A fatal crash in Vietnam killed a 21-year-old Indian MBBS student, Arshid Ashrith, when his speeding motorcycle crashed into a wall. The deadly accident took place in Can Tho city and was caught on CCTV, exposing the gruesome moment in stark detail.
The video posted by @Deadlykalesh on X depicts an otherwise calm street with slow-moving traffic when a speeding motorcycle comes into view from the opposite direction. In a bid to miss another cyclist, Arshith veered abruptly to the left. The maneuver saw the motorcycle swerve onto the footpath and crash against a resident’s home wall.
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A 21-year-old Indian student from Telangana, pursuing an MBBS in Vietnam, tragically lost his life in a road accident in Can Tho city. 😐
— Deadly Kalesh (@Deadlykalesh) June 6, 2025
The impact was so powerful that the bike turned over twice in mid-air before landing a few feet away, totally destroyed. Ashrith and his friend, who was riding pillion, were both thrown off because of the impact. Whilst Ashrith died on the spot, his friend was badly injured and is still in critical condition.
Who was Arshid Ashrith?
Ashrith, a third-year MBBS student, was from Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district of Telangana. His parents, cloth merchants by profession, are in shock over the loss. Local MLA Dr. P Harish Babu reportedly visited their residence to condole the family. He was said to have called Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on the phone during the visit and sought his intervention for speedier repatriation of Ashrith’s body to India.
It’s the third incident of Indian students abroad in a span of three months. Last month in May, 20-year-old Manav Patel and Saurav Prabhakar (23), students at Cleveland State University, died in a car accident in Pennsylvania when their car rammed into a tree and crashed into a bridge. Three weeks ago in April, 21-year-old Indian student Harsimrat Kaur Randhawa was killed by a stray bullet while standing in line at a bus stop in Canada.
These successive tragedies have put the Indian student diaspora in mourning and have evoked doubts about the safety of students abroad.
