Elderly man dies in road mishap

A 75-year-old ex-serviceman, Mahinder Singh, lost his life in a road accident here.

The victim, who was working as a security guard in a plant near Hardy’s World, was returning home in the morning on his Honda Activa after night duty. When he reached the Jalandhar road, around 500m from the Ladhowal police station, a speeding canter hit him.

The canter ran over him and he died on the spot. Mahinder was a resident of a village near Phillaur. After the incident, the police registered a case and started investigation.

Instead of stopping the vehicle, the canter driver fled the scene. When the suspect reached near the Ladhowal toll plaza with the canter, one of the passers-by called toll staff and informed about the Canter driver. The suspect fled the spot but the police took the canter in their custody.

The Ladhowal police took the body of the deceased to the Civil Hospital mortuary.

SHO inspector Gurshinder Kaur said the case was being investigated. The suspect would be arrested soon.