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Crime
Speeding car runs over scooter rider, drags victim 15 feet in Punjab
✍️ India Today
🗓 23 Aug 2026, 01:03 AM
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A video released by India Today shows a car speeding through a Punjab road, striking a scooter rider and dragging them for about 15 feet before fleeing the scene.
A video circulating on India Today’s platform captures a high‑speed vehicle moving along a Punjab roadway when it collides with a scooter rider. The impact throws the rider onto the pavement and the car continues, pulling the victim roughly 15 feet before disappearing from the frame.
The footage, recorded by a by‑stander, shows the car accelerating after the collision, with the rider’s scooter tumbling and the person being dragged along the road surface. No immediate medical assistance is visible in the clip, and the driver does not stop to render aid.
Punjab police have opened a case of hit‑and‑run and are appealing to the public for any additional video material or eyewitness accounts that could help identify the vehicle and its driver. Investigators are also reviewing traffic‑camera footage from nearby intersections.
Authorities warned that such reckless driving incidents underscore the need for stricter enforcement of speed limits and better road‑safety awareness across the state, which has seen a rise in traffic‑related fatalities in recent months.
The footage, recorded by a by‑stander, shows the car accelerating after the collision, with the rider’s scooter tumbling and the person being dragged along the road surface. No immediate medical assistance is visible in the clip, and the driver does not stop to render aid.
Punjab police have opened a case of hit‑and‑run and are appealing to the public for any additional video material or eyewitness accounts that could help identify the vehicle and its driver. Investigators are also reviewing traffic‑camera footage from nearby intersections.
Authorities warned that such reckless driving incidents underscore the need for stricter enforcement of speed limits and better road‑safety awareness across the state, which has seen a rise in traffic‑related fatalities in recent months.