In a video of the Patna incident, a black car is seen momentarily slowing down before accelerating and hitting several police personnel at the checkpoint.
A woman police constable was killed and three other cops were reportedly injured when a speeding car ran them over in Patna during a late-night vehicle check.
The incident happened on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday at around 12:30am,
A video of the incident is now in wide circulation on social media. In the video, a black car is seen momentarily slowing down before accelerating and hitting several police personnel at the checkpoint. The cops are seen running away from the speeding vehicle hastily, while some got seriously injured.
Bystanders are seen coming to the rescue of the injured police personnel as they, along with other cops, help them get up. One cop is seen bleeding heavily with an injury to his head.
The car, after hitting the cops, also comes to a standstill with damage to its bonnet.
Detailing what had happened, SSP Avkash Kumar said, “Night checking was underway. A car suddenly rammed into police personnel during the checking. Two people from the vehicle have been taken into custody. Three policemen were injured, some seriously,”
The incident happened at Patna’s Atal Path with car speeding as high as around 90 km/h, the report added.
Out of those injured, a female cop named Komal died during treatment in hospital. She hailed from Bihar’s Nalanda, the report said.
The police have arrested two people seated in the car.
Similar incidents
Incidents of hit-and-run involving speeding cars are not uncommonly reported in India. On Sunday, June 8, a 10-year-old girl died after a speeding car collided with a motorcycle in Giaspura in Punjab’s Ludhiana. The victim was identified as Hasina of Shanti Nagar, Giaspura and she was a student of Class 5.
In Lucknow too, on Sunday, a speeding car ran over three people, killing an eight-month-old on the spot and grievously injuring his mother and another man, at a construction site on the Lucknow–Sitapur road under Itaunja police station limits.
On June 7, three people were killed and five others critically injured after a speeding car rammed into another vehicle at a major intersection on National Highway-19 in Haryana’s Faridabad, police said.
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