India, June 27 -- A 31-year-old civil engineer based in Gurugram was arrested on Thursday for ramming his car into two people after he fell asleep while driving.

The accused, identified as Mohit, hit two friends with his car on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway, police told PTI news agency.

While one of the friends, Harsh Singhal, who was a law student, lost his life in the incident, the other was admitted to the hospital and is said to be in a stable condition. Harsh was a resident of Om Vihar in Sector 23, and was pursuing LLB at a local college.

Mohit is a resident of the Noorpur Bohra Kalan village in Gurugram's Sector 14, where he was staying at a rented paying guest accommodation.

The CCTV footage of the incident, which took place on Jun...