Pune Porsche Crash: Teen's Friends, Who Were In Rear Seat, Say He Was Driving Drunk

In a significant turn of events, friends of the 17-year-old who was allegedly driving the Porsche that crashed and killed two people in Pune on May 19, have told police that the teen was drunk driving. The two teens were sitting in the luxury car’s rear seat at the time of the accident.

While recording their statements with the Pune Police the friends of the teen driver admitted that the accused was driving under the influence of alcohol, officials said.

Meanwhile, the Pune Crime Branch has written a letter to the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), seeking permission to interrogate the teen driver in the case.

This comes hours after an auto-rickshaw driver, who too was saved in the nick of time as the drunken 17-year-old crushed two bike-borne IT professionals to death with his Porsche car in the Kalyani Nagar area, elaborated on the incident.

As the driver’s escape emerged after the first CCTV footage of the deadly accident came to light, auto driver Ameen told News18, “There were three boys in the car. ⁠All of them were visibly drunk. After the accident, they stepped out of the Porsche, asked people not to create an issue, and promised to pay damages immediately.”

Ameen also said, “The car was at a speed of more than 200 kmph. One of the youngsters in the car had fled. Then he came back, and the police took them along. Several police vans had reached on the spot. The first van took the first two boys, then another van came and took the boy who had fled.”

When asked if there was a driver in the Porsche, as claimed by the teen’s family, the auto driver said, “There was no driver present in the car, and no other cars along with them. The boys would have fled had the airbags not come off.”

It had also emerged that the blood sample of the teenager for an alcohol test was replaced at the city’s Sassoon hospital with that of a woman. While some reports said that it was the mother’s blood sample, there was no immediate comment by officials. Staff members of the hospital, including nurses, are being questioned by the crime branch probing the sensational case.

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