In what reminds one of the recent deadly Pune Porsche accident, two people sleeping on a pavement were mowed down by a drunk teenager on Monday midnight.
Seven others were also injured in the Hyundai Verna crash that took place in Dighori Chowk under Wathoda police station limits around 12.30am. The victims who earned their livelihood selling toys on streets were sleeping on the payment.
Police have arrested the drunk driver who fled from the spot after the crash. The accused, Bhushan Lanjwar, an engineering student. He reportedly lost control of the vehicle which veered off on to the pavement where the victims were sleeping.
There were five others in the car when the accident occurred and all of them were reportedly inebriated.
"The injured have been admitted in Government Medical College & Hospital. As per kin Rajendra Babulal Bagdiya (34), who escaped unharmed, the family had come to Nagpur eight months ago and were asleep on the footpath after dinner. He has told police the vehicle first hit them and inflicted more injuries when the driver reversed it," the official added.
