Vadodara car crash: Rakshit Ravish Chaurasia, the 23-year-old man who allegedly crashed a car into multiple vehicles in Gujarat’s Vadodara, killing a woman and leaving four others injured, claimed on Friday that he was not drunk at the time of the incident late Thursday night.
The accident occurred around 12.30am near Muktanand cross roads in the Karelibaug area following which the driver, Rakshit Chaurasia, was arrested, said deputy commissioner of police Panna Momaya.
“There is pothole near the intersection which falls on the stretch I was driving. Seeing the space, I tried to pass but due to the pothole, my car touched the scooter driving in the front. This was when the emergency airbag burst open and blocked my view, resulting in the collision”, said Rikshit while interacting with the media.
A video from the crash site also emerged, showing the visibly heavily drunk Rakshit coming out of the car following the accident and shouting “another round” even as bystanders tried to get hold of him and those injured lay scattered on the ground. The video showed that the car was running at a high speed. However, the young man denied he was speeding.
“The car’s speed was just 50 kilometres pers hour. I could see only the scooter and a car in front of me. I saw no people walking by the side of the road,” Rakshit Chaurasiya further added, who had a swollen face with a lot of bruises as he spoke to the media, maintained.
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