India: Car rams pedestrians in West Bengal state, kills seven

A speeding car ran over pedestrians in India's eastern state of West Bengal, killing seven and injuring seven others.

According to the locals, the driverwas under the influence of alcohol, when he hit the pedestrians at Bengal's Bishnupur area, killing four girls and two boys, all students of the school in Bishnupur and one parent.

The driver fled the spot after the accident.

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The injured have been rushed to a hospital inKolkata andhave been kept under observation.

The locals got into a scuffle with the police after the accident, pelting stones at the car and police.

The police charged at the crowd with batons.

(WION)