Alwar, Nov. 12 -- Three people, including a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) employee, were killed after a speeding SUV ran them over while they were changing a car tyre on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Alwar district early Thursday, police said.

Police said the accident took place around 1.30 am near Gurjar Khora culvert. The deceased were identified as Jaipur-based event manager Manisha Gupta (26), cab driver Azad (30) from Ajmer, and Jagmohan (25), an NHAI employee from Sheetal village in Alwar, who had reached the spot to assist Gupta after her cab developed a tyre puncture.

Gupta and Asma had left Delhi for Jaipur around 11 pm on Wednesday. Their cab developed a tyre puncture near the culvert, following whic...