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1 killed, 10 injured as drunk student rams Porsche into auto-rickshaws in southern India

Xinhua, September 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least one person has been killed and more than 10 others injured after a drunk law student rammed his Porsche car into a dozen auto-rickshaws parked in a stand in the southern Indian city of Chennai early Monday morning, a senior police official said.

"The 22-year-old student, identified as Vikas Vijayanand, was returning home after a drinking session throughout the night when he hit the auto-rickshaws, killing one auto-driver on the spot and injuring 10 others on Cathedral Road," the official said.

Local TV channels showed footage of some of the three-wheelers being reduced to a crumpled heap and blood stains of the deceased on the streets.

"The accused has been arrested and will be produced in a court of law later in the day. A probe has also been ordered into the incident and we are also trying to obtain footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area where the accident took place," the official said.

This is not the first such case of drunk driving, leading to loss of lives. In June, a drunk woman techie drove an Audi and crashed a daily wage laborer killing him. She was later arrested and is currently out on bail. Endit