Chandigarh Woman Hit By Car While Feeding Stray Dogs

The woman was near her house and feeding stray dogs near the road when a high-speed vehicle hit her hard, leaving her injured on the side of the road. The driver fled the scene but the Chandigarh police arrested the driver.

Road accidents have always been a major reason of death in our country. Rash driving, faulty roads, bad weather and neglected road safety rules cause thousands of deaths every year in India and contribute to the increasing death rates.

Despite this, people still don't pay attention to road safety and the administration is still blind to the holes in the road. A case of rash driving from Chandigarh is making news and again raising the issue of how people do not think about the people on road while travelling.

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Chandigarh Woman Feeding Stray Dogs Hit By Car

A 25-year-old girl Tejashwita from Chandigarh was near her home on the road when she saw some street dogs on the side of the road. The girl approached them to feed the strays and was sitting on the side of the road. Just then a Mahindra Thar SUV took a U-turn from the opposite side of the road and sped up while approaching Tejashwita. The car hit the girl and fled the scene leaving her bleeding on the side of the road.

The CCTV footage of the incident shows the girl feeding the strays when the high-speed car reached the side of the road and hit her, making the stray dogs run away. When Tejashwita's mother Manjinder Kaur saw her lying in the pool of blood, she was horrified and tried to ask for help from passersby but no one helped her. Then she made a call home as well as the police control room.

Tejashwita had injuries on her head and is reportedly undergoing treatment in a hospital. The police have filed a case against the driver of the Thar and the investigation is under progress. The Chandigarh police arrested the driver.

The accused has been identified as retired Army Major, Sandeep Sahi. As per police inputs, the accused has a security agency in Rajasthan.