Raipur: Three people were killed and four injured in two road accidents in Raipur between October 28 and 30, with drivers allegedly fleeing after both crashes. The latest incidents have again drawn attention to road safety on the city’s busy corridors, particularly Ring Road-1, where 145 accidents, 24 deaths and 71 critical injuries were reported in the first nine months of 2026.In the Oct 28 accident, three workers painting a road divider on the descending stretch of Serikhedi over bridge were hit by a speeding car coming from Arang. The car allegedly rammed into safety stoppers placed near the worksite before running over the workers. Two of them, aged 24 and 45 and residents of Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district, died during treatment. The third worker was injured and admitted to admitted to DKS Super Speciality Hospital. The driver fled the spot.In another incident around midnight on Oct 30, a speeding Skoda collided with a Baleno near Agrasen Dham Chowk under Telibandha police station limits. The 60-year-old man driving the Baleno died on the spot, while a woman and two children travelling with him were seriously injured. The family was returning from a wedding in Nava Raipur. Four men travelling in the Skoda allegedly abandoned the vehicle and fled. Police seized the car and began efforts to identify its occupants.A video purportedly showing some of the Skoda occupants consuming alcohol at a public place on MG Road before the collision has also surfaced. Telibandha police said preliminary findings indicated rash driving and that the footage was being examined. Whether the driver was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash remains to be established.The accidents come amid concerns over the safety of Ring Road-1, which recorded 145 accidents, 24 deaths and 71 serious injuries between January and September 2026, according to figures cited in local reporting.The stretch has five identified black spots, including Bhatagaon, VIP Tiraha and Agrasen Dham, besides more than half a dozen unauthorised divider cuts and encroachments at over a dozen locations. More than two lakh vehicles reportedly use the corridor every day.DCP (traffic) Archana Jha said authorities were reviewing accidents and coordinating with the agencies concerned to address identified road-safety shortcomings. Unnecessary divider cuts are being closed, road engineering at Tatibandh was being improved, and teams were taking action against encroachments and illegal parking along service roads.