Seventy-year-old Gurdial Singh, a resident of Mohalla Tonk Kshatriya in Tarn Taran, died in a road accident near the Chabal bypass here on Tuesday evening.
The victim had gone to the Chabal bypass on his Activa scooter for some work when a speeding car hit him. He fell on the road and sustained serious injuries. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital in Tarn Taran, where doctors declared him dead.
ASI Gurpreet Singh from the city police station visited the spot and took stock of the situation. A case has been registered under Sections 106(2), 281 and 324(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and under Sections 134 and 187 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
The car driver fled the scene after the accident, though passersby managed to note down the vehicle’s registration number. The Activa scooter was extensively damaged in the collision.
