In freak accident, car rams into pillar outside Sector 17 shop in Chandigarh

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 29

An out-of-control car drove over a footpath at Sector 17 and rammed into a pillar outside a showroom in what is one of the rare instances of road mishap in an area where vehicles are strictly prohibited.

Eyewitnesses say all three occupants of the car escaped after the incident.

Footage from a close-circuit camera outside the showroom shows that the car in question was parked in the parking space beyond the footpath. The footage shows three people heading towards the car. A few minutes later, the car starts, picks up speed almost instantly, then drives over the footpath and onto the area near the showroom.

Photos and videos from the scene of the incident show that the car narrowly missed the shop front, instead hitting a pillar just outside the showroom. Photos show the front of the car wrecked completely, with the airbags jutting out of the broken windshield.

The car has now been impounded and taken to the police station in Sector 17, sources said.

The area outside shops in Sector 17 is reserved for pedestrians.