Speeding car kills 19-year-old student, injures two in Punjab's Faridkot

The BCA student was walking on the road when the car struck her before crashing into a roadside tea stall, police said.

A 19-year-old female student was killed after a speeding car hit her while walking on the road in Faridkot’s Jaito town on Friday afternoon, said police.

The victim, Arshdeep Kaur, was a resident of Hardayal Nagar locality in Jaito. (HT)

The victim, Arshdeep Kaur, was a resident of Hardayal Nagar locality in Jaito. She was a second-year BCA student at DAV College in Bathinda.

According to information, two more persons sustained injuries after the car hit them before crashing into a roadside tea stall.

Police said residents apprehended the car driver, Lakshay Bansal of Bathinda, and his accomplice, Mahesh Inder Singh, after the mishap.

A case under Sections 106 (causing death by rash or negligent act) and 281 (rash driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered at the Jaito police station on Saturday.

Faridkot superintendent of police (Investigation) Narinder Singh denied that the accused were chased by a police team.

He said investigation had begun after the deceased’s mother, Moorti Rani, lodged a police complaint.