India, March 31 -- Three youngsters, including a woman, were killed and one suffered serious injuries after their speeding Maruti Ertiga met with an accident near Boothgarh light point on Siswan road in Mohali district on Sunday night.

Police said the seven-seater vehicle was left completely mangled after the accident. They are yet to ascertain if the vehicle rammed into a divider or was hit by a heavy vehicle when the accident occurred around 11.30pm.

The deceased were identified as Shubham Jattwal, who is a PhD scholar in the forensic science department of Panjab University (PU) and a resident of Boys Hostel number 3; Saurabh Panday, who graduated from PU's human genome department in 2023 and was associated with the Post-Graduate Inst...