In a shocking case of drunken driving the owner of a resort at Vagator was reportedly crushed to death and two other resort staff injured. It is learnt that the victim was standing outside the reception area speaking on her phone when the accused drove a Haryana registered SUV at top speed and hit the victim. The locals charged that the accused was in an inebriated condition. The victim was standing within the premises of her resort when she was hit. It seems that citizens are not safe from drunk drivers even within their own property. It needs to be noted that of late there have been several instances of drunken driving resulting in accidents and hit-and-run cases. Hitting someone with the intention of committing murder could be a possible motive if it is a hit-and-run case. In the case of drunken driving the culprit responsible for the accident which ends in fatality could even get away mildly for rash and negligent driving even if murder was the motive. Hence it seems prudent to investigate any road accident which results in life-threatening injuries to the victim or fatality as attempt-to-murder or murder also as the case may be.
