Three people were killed as the car they were travelling in rammed into a Metro station pillar in Pune early on Sunday, with police examining whether drunk driving caused the crash, officials said.

The incident took place in the Bund Garden area, an official from Koregaon Park police station said.

The victims have been identified as cousins Hritik Bhandari and Yash Bhandari, both working professionals, and Kushwant Tekwani, a student at a private college in Pune.

“The car carrying the three hit a pillar of the Bund Garden Metro station,” senior police inspector Sangita Jadhav said. Locals rushed them to a hospital, where Hritik and Yash were declared dead. Later, Kushwant succumbed to his injuries during treatment, the official said.

“The accident took place at 4.49 am. The CCTV footag

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