Arvind KashyapSolan, Nov. 15 -- Panic gripped the gateway to Solan district on Saturday evening when a speeding car plowed through a police barricade, rammed into a motorcycle and narrowly missed bystanders before escaping into the hills.
The terrifying sequence of events unfolded during a routine highway checking drive by local police on national highway.
According to eyewitness accounts and a dramatic video that has since gone viral on social media, the driver of a Maruti Suzuki Ignis spotted the checkpoint ahead and suddenly accelerated instead of pulling over.
In a brazen bid to evade police checking, the vehicle smashed directly through the barricades, violently striking a motorcycle parked just behind the checkpoint.
The fierce im...