Car catches fire after hitting tree at high speed in Gurugram

A luxury car caught fire after it hit a road divider at high speed, crossed over to the other side and smashed against a tree on the Golf Course Road in Sector 27 here in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The two occupants of the Porsche, who were allegedly in an intoxicated state, managed to flee before the car burst into flames, they said.

A firefighting team doused the fire in half an hour, police said, adding efforts are on to nab the owner and the duo riding the car at the time of the accident.