<p>An inebirated car driver heading home after a late night party with his friends mowed down three persons sleeping on the pavement on Velachery-Taramani road early today, killing them on the spot and was arrested along with his co-passenger, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They said three persons were heading home in a car to Perungudi after the party. The person driving the vehicle lost control and mowed down a couple, who were rag pickers and another woman, all of whom were sleeping on the pavement.<br /><br />They were rushed to Government Royapettah Hospital where they were declared brought dead.<br /><br />The identity of the other woman is yet to be ascertained. While the car driver and his co passenger were arrested, another person was absconding, police said.<br /><br />they said the car driver claimed his co-passenger was behind the wheel while the latter claimed that his friend was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident.</p>
<p>An inebirated car driver heading home after a late night party with his friends mowed down three persons sleeping on the pavement on Velachery-Taramani road early today, killing them on the spot and was arrested along with his co-passenger, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They said three persons were heading home in a car to Perungudi after the party. The person driving the vehicle lost control and mowed down a couple, who were rag pickers and another woman, all of whom were sleeping on the pavement.<br /><br />They were rushed to Government Royapettah Hospital where they were declared brought dead.<br /><br />The identity of the other woman is yet to be ascertained. While the car driver and his co passenger were arrested, another person was absconding, police said.<br /><br />they said the car driver claimed his co-passenger was behind the wheel while the latter claimed that his friend was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident.</p>