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Man falls from flyover, dies

Was hit by speeding car

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A 49-year-old man lost his life when he fell from a flyover after his scooty was hit by a speeding car near Manglam Cut on the NH-24 service road in East Delhi, the police said on Thursday.

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The police said the deceased, Rakesh Kumar Agarwal, a resident of Indirapuram, Ghaziabad (UP), was riding on his scooty when his vehicle was hit by a speeding car after which he fell from the flyover and died.

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The police have registered an FIR against the car driver, who is on the run. The victim was rushed to hospital by an auto-rickshaw driver Amit Kumar where doctors declared him brought dead. Amit told the police that around 12 am, he saw a man falling from the flyover near Manglam Cut.

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“With the help of bystanders, Amit shifted the victim in his auto-rickshaw to the LBS Hospital,” a policeman said.

Based on of the complainant’s statement, a case under Sections 281 (rash driving) and 106(1) (causing death by a rash or negligent act) of the BNS was registered at the Pandav Nagar police station and a probe initiated into the incident, the policeman said.

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