Speeding luxury car wreaks havoc, injures six in Kanpur
The tobacco baron’s son allegedly driving the speeding Lamborghini that ploughed into pedestrians, injuring six people, will be examined to ascertain whether he suffers from epilepsy or any other medical condition, police said on Monday, a day after the latest crash involving a recklessly driven luxury car grabbed headlines.
No arrests have been made yet in the accident that took place in broad daylight on Sunday afternoon. An FIR has been registered an “unidentified driver”, officials said. However, Shivam Mishra, son of Banshidhar Exports Pvt Ltd’s owner K K Mishra who has been under the IT department’s scanner, is part of the investigation, they said.The accident involving the Lamborghini Revuelto, an Italian luxury sports car that costs upwards of Rs 10 crore, took place on VIP Road in Kanpur’s upscale Gwaltoli area around 3.15 pm. SHO of the area Santosh Gaur was removed from his post and sent to police lines.
“He failed to follow due procedure after the accident... The lapse amounts to negligence. Immediate action has been taken,” Commissioner of Police Raghubir Lal told PTI.The place was buzzing with people and vehicles at the time. Recalling the horror, eyewitnesses said the car first hit an autorickshaw and then crashed into a stationary motorcycle, flinging its rider nearly 10 feet into the air.
The car mounted the motorcycle’s front wheel and dragged it for some distance before hitting an electric pole and coming to a halt.The black Lamborghini with a Delhi number plate, DL 11 CF 4018, has been seized and sent for mechanical inspection, police said.Angry locals gathered at the spot after the accident and surrounded the car, forcing the driver to remain inside.
Witnesses alleged that private bouncers accompanying the accused tried to push back the crowd, escalating tensions.Police rushed to the spot, rescued the driver and shifted him and the injured to a private hospital, officials said. At the police station, the victims and local residents alleged that associates of the accused misbehaved with them. They also claimed that police was going soft on Mishra due to his family’s influence. Sonu Tripathi, one of the injured, told reporters that he and his cousin were standing near their motorcycle when the car hit them. He said his cousin fell and two other persons were flung onto the footpath. On Monday, as speculation swirled that Shivam Mishra may have been inebriated, his family stepped into say that he has been suffering from epilepsy. “We then decided to subject him to a medical examination to check whether epilepsy or another medical condition could have contributed to the crash,” an official said.Lal said further action would depend on the medical findings.
