A 38-year-old man died after a Haryana Police vehicle hit his motorcycle at the Phase 3/7 traffic lights on Monday night.
Police said Baljeet Singh, a Phase-4 resident and employee of Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, was going towards the Phase 7 market from his house, when the vehicle of Haryana ADGP, telecom and IT staff, coming from Chandigarh, hit his bike.
Car driver Hanumant Singh shifted him to a nearby private hospital, where doctors referred him to PGIMER, Chandigarh. But, he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
Mataur police registered a case under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the car driver. No arrest has been made so far.
Man killed, son injured in Sector 68 hit-and-run
In another accident, a sanitation worker of Municipal Bhawan, Mohali, was killed and his son got injured after a speeding Maruti Alto hit their Honda Activa scooter near the Kumbra T-point at the Sector 68-69 traffic lights.
The car driver sped away as Kishan Chand, 55, a resident of Kharar, suffered severe head injuries. His son, Raj Kumar, 33, escaped with minor injuries.
Chand was rushed to PGIMER, where he died during treatment.
{{/usCountry}}Chand was rushed to PGIMER, where he died during treatment.
{{/usCountry}}The unidentified car driver was booked under Sections 279, 304-A and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) of the IPC at the Phase 8 police station.
The bodies were handed over to the family members after post-mortem examinations.