At least three persons were killed and three others seriously injured when a speeding car ran over several people having tea on a roadside stall after hitting multiple vehicles in Bhubaneswar, police said on Tuesday.
The mishap took place in the Gajapati Nagar area under the Maitree Vihar Police Station limit, on the road connecting Acharya Vihar to Nalco Square in the city, on Monday night.
A speedy EV crashed into several two-wheelers and an auto-rickshaw on the road before ramming into a group of people who were having tea near a roadside stall.
While two persons identified as Jeyrom Ekka and Santosh Behera succumbed to injuries on Monday night, another person, Laxmidhar Tudu, died during treatment at a hospital here on Tuesday morning.
Three other persons were admitted to hospital, the police said.
The driver of the vehicle, Anil Kumar Gouda (30), has surrendered before police, and a breath analyser test showed a zero alcohol reading.
However, the driver stated that he had consumed cough medicine and lost control of the vehicle due to a sudden bout of coughing, the police said.
