Jabalpur, Jan 4 (PTI) Two persons were killed, and four others sustained injuries after a speeding car hit them in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur city, police said on Saturday.

The accident occurred in the Vijay Nagar area around 10 pm on Friday, an official said.

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Sanjay Patel (46), a doctor, was at the wheel and has been taken into custody, inspector Virendra Singh Pawar told PTI.

Two pedestrians died, and four others were injured and are undergoing treatment at a hospital, he said.

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He said the deceased were identified as Ravi Shankar Dubey (67) and Munni Bai Sen (61).

The official said Patel has claimed that he is a heart patient and recently underwent a surgery. He claimed that his head started spinning, and he passed out.

Pawar denied that the doctor was inebriated.

According to eyewitnesses, the car hit six people and rammed into a divider.

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