PATIALA: A petrol filling station at Rajpura road
caught fire after an over speeding
SUV car ran into it during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Fortunately, no casualties were reported, however, an employee had a narrow escape.
The incident was immediately reported to the police and a fire brigade was called. “A minor blast took place, which broke the window panes installed nearby. It took more than an hour to take the situation under control,” the employees said.
According to some employees, who witnessed the entire episode, two SUV cars were racing and one of the drivers lost control of his vehicle and crashed. “While one of the accused was nabbed by us, the other managed to flee,” the employees said.
“A case under Sections 279 (rashdriving) and427(mischief causing damage) of
IPC has been registered against an unidentified man. As of now, we have not arrested anyone,” said station house officer of Urban Estate police station in
Patiala.
One of the two SUVs racing lost control and crashed
