<![CDATA[A 22-year-old woman driving a Maruti Alto hit several people and vehicles in Sectors 45 and 46 in Chandigarh on 2 August. High drama was witnessed after the car went berserk while severely injuring a few people. An elderly woman Kamla Devi, a resident of Sector 46, and a motorcyclist Pawan Thakur, a resident of Ram Darbar, who suffered multiple fractures, had been admitted to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32. The incident took place at 8:45 pm when the woman, a student of Panjab University, first hit motorcyclist Pawan Thakur in Sector 45 and, after which hitting a child on the same road, police said. Two youths on a bike started chasing her car in a bid to stop her, but, instead of stopping her car, she reversed and hit another car. The police said the youths, who were chasing her, again tried to stop her, but she suddenly reversed her car and hit 75-year-old Kamla Devi in Sector 46, police added. She then crushed a cycle (as the cyclist left the cycle on the road and ran away after seeing her car approaching). A police team, led by station house officer (SHO), Sector 34 police station, Baljeet Singh, reached the spot and impounded her car. The police took the girl to GMSH-16 for medical examination to check if she had taken alcohol or some drug. SP (city) Navdeep Brar said the woman had been booked under Sections 279 ((rash driving or riding on a public way) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC. The girl will be booked under relevant sections, if applicable, after medical examination. ]]>
