Gujarat BMW hit-and-run: Doctor's son convicted for killing two
Reports said a local court sentenced Vismay Shah to five years in jail and asked him to pay Rs 25,000 as fine and Rs 5 lakh each to the families of those who died.
The son of an eye surgeon, Vismay was driving the car at 150 kmph speed in February, 2013, and hit a motorcycle before crashing into a tree.
According to eyewitness accounts, the 27-year-old then abandoned the car and ran away.
The man riding pillion on the bike died almost instantaneously while driver died a day later.
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