3 injured, vehicles damaged as car goes out of woman driver’s control

Lucknow: A speeding car went out of control and ploughed into several commuters in Lucknow’s Ghazipur police station area on Saturday, leaving several people injured, including a couple and their child, said police.

At SBD intersection, a demo vehicle driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with several vehicles, resulting in injuries to three who have been admitted to Lohia Hospital. The vehicle was seized and legal action is being taken, said police.

Around 4:30 pm, the car was driven out of a showroom near Bhootnath market in Indira Nagar. The hatchback hit vehicles and pedestrians for nearly 100 metres before jumping into the opposite lane and crashing into an SUV and coming to a halt. The impact damaged at least six two-wheelers and two four-wheelers.

The woman driver, Sushma Sunhar, is an employee of the showroom and her two male colleagues who were with her fled after the crash.

One victim, Ashish Verma, said, “I was heading back towards my shop after dropping a colleague. I saw the car swerving at high speed behind me and tried to move aside, but it rammed into my vehicle from behind,” he said.

Police rushed the injured to nearby hospitals and began examining CCTV footage from the area. Officials said exact cause of the accident — whether it was mechanical failure, human error or rash driving — was being investigated