A 30-year-old man died while another escaped with injuries after their scooter was hit by a speeding vehicle near Vallabh Bhawan under Jehangirabad police station area late in the night on Monday.
According to the police, one of the two persons riding the scooter was severely injured after their scooter was hit by a speeding vehicle at around 12.30 in the night on Monday were rushed to nearby hospital where one of the injured man was declared dead while other escaped with injuries.
The deceased was identified as Ashish Kumar of Katnio who was hit when he was passing with his friend Manishankar near Vallabh Bhawan.
Deceased used to live in a rented room at Kasturba Nagar. The vehicle remained unidentified as registration number and other details of vehicle were not found in the investigation and it was only found that it was a red coloured Mahindra Scorpio.
Police said that at the time of the incident the road was deserted even after that the scooter was hit which suggests that the errant SUV driver was speeding and failed to spot the scooter.
The body was sent for the post mortem after the preliminary investigation.
The police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC and have started further investigation to search the errant vehicle and driver who escaped with the vehicle.
