The video of a drunk driver ramming his car into several pedestrians near an eatery in Bengaluru's HSR Layout surfaced online and has been going viral ever since.

The incident happened on Sunday at around 2 pm and the CCTV footage shows the drunk driver, identified as Rajendra, crashing his white Mahindra Xylo into seven unsuspecting pedestrians, who are fortunately alive, although two of them have been severely injured while the rest have sustained minor injuries. "It's a case of drunken driving, where the driver was drunk and lost control over his driving, which left to a serious accident. All those there had a fortunate escape. The officials have detained the driver and the two injured are being treated at the hospital," an HSR Layout traffic police station official reportedly said.

The accused driver has been arrested and an FIR has been registered at the HSR Layout traffic police station under sections 185 (drunken driving) and 279 (rash driving), according to a news agency.