LUCKNOW, Oct. 19 -- Three people were killed and four others seriously injured after a speeding car, allegedly driven by a drunk man, rammed into a gathering near a Durga pandal in Balrampur late Saturday night. The driver fled after the scene but was arrested within an hour after villagers chased him for around 15 km, police said.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced Rs.2 lakh compensation for each deceased's family and Rs.50,000 for each injured person.

The accident occurred around 11 pm in Charangahi Belha village, under Dehat police station limits, about 10 km from the district headquarters. The car, bearing Lucknow registration number UP32 KA 2425, rammed into a tent beside a temple, ran over seven people and crashed into a wal...