Video: Speeding car drags vendor to death, then ploughs into 4 in Ludhiana

A high-speed Hyundai Verna car ran over five people in a busy market in Punjab's Ludhiana on Wednesday morning, killing a vegetable vendor and leaving four others with minor injuries. The accident took place at around 8.15 am, when the car went out of control on a busy road and ploughed into people and vehicles.The car first hit a vegetable vendor who was riding a scooter, dragging him and his two-wheeler for a considerable distance. The impact was so severe that the vendor was killed on the spot. CCTV footage of the incident has emerged, showing the car speeding down the road and hitting people in its path.After dragging the vegetable vendor and his scooter, the car continued for around 50 metres before crashing into another scooter parked on the roadside. It then rammed into two more parked scooters nearby before finally coming to a halt.The accident left four other people with minor injuries. CCTV footage captured the sequence of events, showing the car hitting people on the road before continuing into the parked two-wheelers. DRIVER HANDED OVER TO POLICEFollowing the accident, people at the spot caught hold of one of the occupants of the car and handed him over to the police. Some people also assaulted him in anger over the incident.Police reached the spot and began an investigation. They are also trying to trace and apprehend the second person who was in the car. - Ends(With inputs from Vivek Dhall)