Chandigarh/Mohali, Oct. 16 -- Hit and run accidents snuffed out three precious lives in the tricity over the past 24 hours.

In Chandigarh, an accident in Sector 46 left a teenager and her sister critically injured after a speeding black Mahindra Thar hit them while they were standing by the roadside on Wednesday afternoon.

The incident took place around 3 pm when the sisters, Sijaf, 19, and Isha, 17, residents of Burail, were waiting for an auto near Dev Samaj College.

Eyewitnesses said the Thar, coming at high speed, suddenly lost control and hit the women. Locals immediately rushed the victims to GMCH, Sector 32, where doctors declared Sijaf dead on arrival. Isha continues to battle for life at the same hospital.

The deceased's fath...