Hit by car, biker dies

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Zirakpur, January 27

A youth was killed after the motorcycle he was riding was allegedly hit by an unidentified car on the Patiala-Zirakpur stretch near the Azizpur toll plaza here on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Amneesh, a resident of Green View Homes, Zirakpur.

The police said the incident occurred when the victim, along with one of his friends, Prince, was returning home after dropping their common friend at the Rajpura railway station. When the duo crossed the toll plaza at Azizpur village, a car, bearing a Punjab registration number, which was coming from the Zirakpur side, hit their bike. Both Amneesh and his friend Prince were rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh, where doctors declared Amneesh brought dead. On a statement of deceased’s brother Pankaj Kumar, the police have registered a case at the Zirakpur police station.