Speeding car knocks down dead three

Three persons including a 70-year-old man was killed Thursday when a speeding car hit them in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, police said.

The incident occurred on Kishangarh-Udaipur national highway when the car going to Chittorgarh from Ajmer first hit a youth standing by the roadside and then rammed into a motorcycle, said Rayla police station in-charge Devendra Singh.

Singh said the speeding car first hit Polu Jat, 20, and then rammed into the motorcycle being driven by Om Prakash, 25 with 70-year-old Ganhesh Jat riding pillion on it.

After the accident, the victims were rushed to a primary healthcare centre in Bhilwara from where they were referred to an Ajmer hospital but died on the way.

A case was registered against the car driver who fled away the spot, said Singh, adding that the bodies were handed over to family members after post mortem.