Cab driver killed in hit-and-run on KMP expressway near Gurugram-Nuh border

Police are scanning CCTV footage to trace the hit-and-run vehicle after an FIR was registered under BNS sections for negligence and rash driving.

Gurugram : A 31-year-old cab driver died after being hit by a vehicle on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway near the Gurugram-Nuh border late Tuesday, police said Wednesday.

An FIR was registered under BNS sections for negligence and rash driving after the fatal hit-and-run incident on the KMP Expressway. (Yogendra Kumar/HT Photo)

The victim, Gurpreet Singh Anand of Sector-22, Faridabad, was travelling towards Gurugram when he stopped to relieve himself, police said. A senior police officer said, “He had moved away from the expressway when a vehicle veered off the road and hit him.” Commuters found Anand injured and alerted police. “Emergency vehicles rushed him to a private hospital, where he was declared dead,” the officer said.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of the Gurugram police, said the vehicle fled. “None saw the accident take place. Police are scanning CCTV footage along the route to identify the vehicle and trace its registration number,” he said.

An FIR was registered against an unidentified driver under BNS sections 106 (death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving) on Wednesday.