An 18-year-old youth died while his friend escaped with injuries after their scooter was hit by a speeding truck at near Sajjad Ali petrol pump under Bilkharia police station area on Saturday.
Police said that two youths were rushed to hospital where one of them was declared dead. The deceased was identified as Bedi Lodhi of Karond while the injured is undergoing treatment at Hamidia hospital.
The details of the injured were not provided as the family members of the injured youth took him to a private hospital without informing. After the preliminary investigation body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC and started further investigation. The details of the truck would be investigated in the further investigation.
Meanwhile, a 35-year-old farmer died after being electrocuted at his farm in Udaipura village under Ratibad police station area on Saturday.
According to the police when the victim Hem Prakash had gone to his farms and while watering the crop he was electrocuted after coming in contact with live wire near the electric pole in his farms.
The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have sent the body for post mortem. Further investigation has been ordered into the matter.
In another incident Asad Ansari (19) died after his scooter slipped at 80 ft road on Saturday.
The deceased used to study at a Madarsa in Ashoka Garden and was a resident of Guna.