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Three Killed as Speeding Car Slams Into Metro Pillar in Pune

Police point to high-speed loss of control pending toxicology results.

Overview

  • CCTV footage shows the hatchback traveling at very high speed before striking a Metro station pillar in the Bund Garden area around 4:49 am.
  • Investigators say the preliminary assessment indicates the driver lost control, and blood samples have been sent for chemical analysis.
  • Police say liquor bottles were recovered at the scene, and they are verifying whether alcohol consumption contributed to the crash.
  • The victims were identified as cousins Yash Prasad Bhandari, 23, and Rutvik alias Om Vinayak Bhandari, 23, and their friend Khushwant Kishor Tekwani, 19.
  • Locals took the injured to a hospital where two were declared dead, and the third died later during treatment, according to officials.