Mohali vegetable vendor dies after taxi hits scooter

The taxi driver, 29-year-old Kulwinder Singh was arrested and later released on bail

Mohali : A 57-year-old man from Phase-11 was killed on Sunday after a WagonR taxi rammed into his Activa at the Phase-7 traffic lights on Sunday.

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Gurmeet Singh, who was a vegetable vendor, sustained severe injuries on his head and arms after the collision, police said, adding that doctors at the Civil Hospital in Phase-6 declared him dead.

The postmortem will be conducted on tomorrow, police officials added.

The taxi driver, 29-year-old Kulwinder Singh was arrested and later released on bail. He lives in Barnala district.

A case was registered against the driver under Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) 304-A (causing death by negligence) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) of the IPC at the Mataur police station.