# Drunk driver kills man, critically injures infant son in Bhopal 2026-08-19T21:40:04+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A 35-year-old man was killed and his 16-month-old son critically injured when a speeding SUV driven by a heavily intoxicated 21-year-old man rammed their scooter in Bhopal's Kolar area late Tuesday night. The accused, identified as Gulshan Nath, allegedly pressed the accelerator instead of the brake, causing the vehicle to go out of control. Police said the SUV's speedometer was stuck at 90 kmph after the crash. Shubham Awasthi and his infant son Madhav were thrown several metres from the impact. Awasthi was declared brought dead at the hospital, while his son remains in critical condition. The accused had borrowed the car to attend a party, an empty and a full liquor bottle were found inside. The SUV's airbags opened, reportedly saving the driver from serious injury. An angry crowd caught him at the scene and assaulted him before police arrived and arrested him. A case has been registered. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Bhopal has seen multiple fatal accidents involving drunk drivers on arterial roads like the one near Ankit Parisar, often with inadequate enforcement of night-time checks. The accused's age (21) and the fact that he borrowed the car suggest a pattern of underage or unlicensed driving among young men attending late-night parties. The speedometer reading of 90 kmph in a residential area points to gross negligence. Under the Motor Vehicles Act, the driver could face charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, carrying a maximum of 10 years in jail. The infant's condition will determine whether the charge is upgraded. A court will likely decide on bail within the next 48 hours. ## Coverage - freepressjournal.in Leads with the factual sequence of events, attributes details to police, and includes crowd action without editorialising. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bhopal, Gulshan Nath, Kolar, Madhya Pradesh police, Shubham Awasthi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/drunk-driver-kills-man-critically-injures-infant-son-in-bhopal/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/drunk-driver-kills-man-critically-injures-infant-son-in-bhopal/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/