3 teens killed in crash after drinking binge

New Delhi: Three teenagers were killed and one injured in a road accident on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway on Saturday morning after their car turned turtle thrice over and smashed into a road divider. The huge impact of the collision split the car into three pieces.

The three dead — Siddharth, Karan and Divanshu — all aged 16, were students of the G D Goenka World School and had appeared for their class 10 examinations.

The fourth person in the car, Tapan, a student of Amity International School, miraculously escaped with minor injuries. Tapan had finished his class 9 from Amity International School. All were residents of Gurgaon.

The police say Tapan, who was driving the car, was in an inebriated condition.

All four teenagers had gone to a pub in New Delhi's Samrat Hotel Friday and left close to midnight.

"A driver had dropped us at the hotel. After partying all of us decided to get home on our own and we borrowed a car from one of our colleagues. Divanshu insisted on driving the car. I told him that he was very drunk and it was not safe for him to drive," said Tapan, recuperating at the Gurgaon Civil Hospital, admitting they were all drunk.

A case of rash and negligent driving has been registered and police are investigating who actually was driving the vehicle.

"From eyewitness accounts, the car was speeding at over 100 km per hour. Considering the damage wrought to the car, the driver must have lost control," Assistant Commissioner of Police (East) Sumit Kuhar told IANS.

Tapan will be produced before a court on Sunday. If found guilty, he can be sentenced to a maximum of two years of imprisonment.

Police are awaiting the post morterm reports to verify whether the other three teenagers were under the influence of alcohol.

(With IANS inputs)

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