Rajasthan: Drunk doctor hits 3 with car while entering hospital, 1 killed

Jaipur: In a shocking incident, an inebriated doctor associated with the JLN Hospital in Rajasthan's Nagaur district allegedly left one person dead and two women injured after he rammed a car onto the three and later crashed into an ambulance parked on the hospital premises.

The accused doctor has been arrested, Nagaur Circle Officer Vinod Sipa said.

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According to police, the doctor was in an inebriated condition when the incident happened in a district hospital here.

The accused hit three people with his car while he entered the hospital premises in the morning, killing Bhanwarlal Meghwal (57) on the spot, he said.

The injured have been identified as Raisa (40) and Dajia Bano (20), Sipa said.

According to eyewitnesses, the doctor’s car also rammed into another vehicle parked on the premises.

A case has been registered against the doctor and he has been arrested, the CO said.

The deceased was identified as Bhanwarlal Meghwal, a resident of the Chenar locality in the district, who died on the spot. Speaking about the incident, an eyewitness informed Etvbharat the car entered the hospital compound at a speed of approximately 60-70 km/hour.   

As per the official sources, one of the victims has been identified as a pregnant woman who had arrived at the hospital for treatment.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in an unfortunate incident, a 22-year-old MBBS student of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur had been killed and another medical student injured after a truck hit their motorcycle in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district. The accident occurred at bypass crossroads ahead of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College at around 10 pm on Wednesday under Garha police station limits in the district.     

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