Four persons died after a scooter and a motorbike were hit by a speeding jeep at over bridge at bypass under Eithkhedi police station area late in the night on Saturday.
Six persons, including a woman, were rushed to a nearby hospital after two scooters were hit by an erroneously driven Mahindra Bolero jeep in which woman and one man escaped with injuries while four died during treatment.
One of the injured died on Saturday while three died on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Rasheed Khan (28), Munnu Shah (30), Ramzan Khan (35) and Babulal Sahu (70), of Peer Gate area died during treatment
Police said that the errant driver was speeding and probably in an inebriated state and escaped leaving the jeep on the spot. Four persons were on Activa scooter while woman was with her husband Babulal on bike.
In the initial investigation, police seized the jeep and started to search for the errant driver.
The jeep was moving with a high speed and was moving on the wrong side. The jeep was moving towards Bhopal.
Police said that the scooter was hit head on after the Jeep driver failed to control vehicle while bike was hit in a bid to escape. At first, Activa with four persons which over take the motorbike was hit by the jeep and later scooter with the woman was hit.
After the preliminary investigation, bodies were sent for post-mortem. The police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC and have started further investigation.