3 Killed As Speeding Mercedes Hits Taxi, Cyclists In Punjab: Police

The teenager, Samrat of Chandigarh, who was allegedly driving the luxury car, was arrested, police said.

Three people were killed and as many injured as an inebriated 18-year-old allegedly rammed his Mercedes into a taxi after jumping a red light in Mohali and then hit two cyclists, police said on Sunday. The teenager, Samrat of Chandigarh, who was allegedly driving the luxury car, was arrested, police said. Two occupants of the taxi, Dharampreet Singh and Ankush Narula, and a cyclist, Ram Prasad, died, while three people sustained injuries in the crash near the Radha Soami Chowk on Saturday, the police said. The police have booked Samrat and his friends Arjun and Prabhnoor, who were accompanying him in the Mercedes.