Police have allegedly recovered six unopened beer cans inside the car of the driver who ran over a woman and her son with his Fortuner SUV in Ahmedabad.
The driver, Viralbhai Savjibhai Chaudhary, 36, was arrested shortly after the incident.
A medical test has been ordered to ascertain his blood alcohol level at the time of the crash.
Police officials said that the crash occurred near the Devashya School when a
The victims were identified as Poonamben Nagwadiya and her 15-year-old son Sagar Nagwadiya. They died on the spot. The family was selling clothes on a roadside in Ahmedabad’s Nikol area when the speeding Fortuner rammed into them.
Sagar and his mother succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.
Two others, identified as Kartick Vasoya, 34, and his wife Snehalben, sustained serious injuries and were rushed to a hospital for treatment.
Videos from the site showed residents and passersby rushing to help the victims.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic, East) Nareshkumar Kanzaria said that the accused was driving in a reckless and negligent manner at the time of the incident.
Police have registered a case against the accused under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rash driving and causing grievous hurt.
Police are investigating whether the accused was drunk at the time of the incident.
A separate case was also filed at Nikol Police Station under the Gujarat Prohibition Act following the recovery of alcohol from the vehicle.
