Patna, June 26 -- At least 14 people were killed in separate mishaps and another person lynched in Patna, Nawada, Samastipur and Nalanda districts during the last 12 hours.

In the state capital, a car driver was beaten to death when his speeding vehicle claimed lives of three children in Kumharar locality under Agamkuan police station area today.

Police said here that the car hit four people on the roadside in Kumharar locality when its driver lost control over his vehicle due to high speed resulting in the death of three of them on the spot. The another person was also seriously injured in the mishap.

Sources said local people assembled at the spot and dragged out car driver and another occupant from the vehicle. The car dri...