Hit by speeding SUV, man dies

Panchkula, January 21

A 60-year-old man, who was returning home after work, died after being hit by a speeding SUV on Thursday evening near the Mauli bus stand in Raipur Rani. The man, identified as Jagir Singh, worked in a poultry farm.

The police booked the driver on a complaint of the victim’s son, Baldev Singh.

A case was registered under Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC at the Raipur Rani police station. The victim was hit by the vehicle while he was trying to cross the Panchkula-Shahzadpur road.

The victim, who sustained serious head injuries, was taken to the Civil Hospital in Sector 6, where doctors declared him brought dead.

The victim’s son claimed that the SUV driver, who identified himself as Bhim Singh of Lohgarh village in Pinjore, came out of the car after hitting his father, but later fled from the spot.