Chandigarh:
In a shocking hit-and-run case in Chandigarh caught on camera, an SUV hit a 25-year-old woman who was feeding a stray dog near her home and sped away.
The woman, Tejashwita, suffered head injuries and is recovering in a hospital. Her family said she has spoken to them and she is fine.
According to the family, the incident took place on Saturday evening when Tejashwita and her mother Manjider Kaur were feeding stray dogs along the footpath.
CCTV footage shows Tejashwita feeding a dog. A Mahindra Thar SUV appears on the parallel road. The SUV is seen making a U-turn and hitting the woman, causing her to writhe in pain.
Tejashwita’s mother was shocked to see her lying in a pool of blood. She says no one stopped to help. She called home and the police control room.
Tejashwita’s father, Ojaswi Kaushal, said she has completed her degree in architecture and is preparing for civil service entrance exams. She accompanied her mother daily to feed stray dogs, he said.
Police have filed a report and are looking for the vehicle and driver.
A series of horrific accidents has put careless driving back in the spotlight. The most prominent of these is the car horror case in Delhi, in which a 20-year-old woman died after her leg got caught under a car and the vehicle dragged her across the roads.
In another tragic incident, a speeding police van rammed into a car on the Gurugram-Faridabad road yesterday. A six-year-old girl was killed and five family members were injured. Shockingly, police personnel did not attempt to rush the child to hospital and it fled the scene.