Noida, Sept. 14 -- Two students of a private university in Noida were killed, while three of their friends were severely injured in an accident on Yamuna Expressway on Friday evening, while they were returning to Noida from Agra.

The deceased were identified as Shivani Yadav (20) and Ovaisi Chaudhary (20), both residents of Ghaziabad.

The injured were identified as Aditi Saxena, a resident of Sector 53 in Noida, Sai Sharma, a resident of Sahibabad in Ghaziabad, and Shourya Gupta, a resident of Delhi.

All five were students of Amity university, Noida, police said.

According to police, the Hyundai i20 car they were travelling in was hired from a rental company and had a Punjab licence plate.

"The accident took place around 6.30pm, almost...