Speeding SUV runs over pedestrians in Jaipur, three dead

Drunk SUV driver kills three, injures six in Jaipur rampage; factory owner detained, victims critical in hospital.

A drunk SUV driver allegedly hit multiple pedestrians and vehicles in a seven-km stretch in Jaipur, leaving three people dead and six others seriously injured, police said Tuesday (April 8, 2025).

As the vehicle moved from MI road to the narrow lanes under the Nahargarh police station area, the drunk factory owner mowed down people and vehicles on it way.

The driver first hit a scooty near the Santosh Mata Temple and then continued to drive recklessly, crushing those who had fallen on the road and ramming into more people and vehicles along the way, police said.

The SUV even collided with vehicles parked outside the police station.

Police and locals managed to stop the vehicle when it got stuck in a narrow lane. The driver was detained on the spot.

Additional DCP (North) Bajrang Singh Shekhawat said the driver, identified as Usman Khan (62), a resident of Rana Colony in Shastri Nagar, was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.

"He lost control of the SUV and hit most of the victims in an area of about 500 metres near the Nahargarh police station," Mr. Shekhawat said.