Software engineer dies in hit-and-run

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, May 4

In yet another hit-and-run case, a 30-year-old software engineer died after the motorcycle he was riding on was hit by an unknown vehicle at the road dividing Sectors 20 and 21 yesterday.

The victim, identified as Sachin Garg, a resident of Sector 27, had left for his brother’s coaching institute in Sector 36 yesterday morning to hand him his breakfast when the accident took place.

Sachin’s motorcycle was hit by a recklessly driven vehicle. His body reportedly kept lying on the road for about 20 minutes.

Later, a passerby saw the victim lying in a pool of blood and rushed him to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, where he later succumbed to his injuries.

The deceased was working with an IT company at Mohali. Police sources said there were no eyewitnesses who could note down the registration number of the vehicle.

The autopsy was conducted today after which the body was handed over to his family members.

A case under Sections 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing hurt by an act endangering the life or personal safety of others) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 19 police station.

Meanwhile, family members of the victim claimed that the victim kept lying in a pool of blood on the road for about 20 minutes after the accident. Nobody stopped to help him. After that a Punjab resident stopped and shifted him to the hospital and informed the family.

Victim Sachin Garg’s younger brother Rahul Garg, who runs a coaching institute in Sector 36, said Sachin left the house at 9.45 am. As soon as he reached the road dividing Sectors 20 and 21, his motorcycle was hit by a car. “At around 10.25 am, I got a call from a person who informed me about the accident. He saw my brother lying on the roadside and rushed him to the hospital,” said Rahul.The fact that people did not come forward to help the victim has shocked his family. “The road on which the accident took place is a busy one. In the morning hours, many people must have seen him lying injured on the roadside, but no one came forward to help,” said the deceased’s father, Pawan Kumar.

The victim succumbed to his injuries during treatment at the GMCH. 

“A precious life could have been saved had someone rushed my brother to the hospital immediately after the accident,” said Rahul with tears in his eyes.