Truck runs over 52-yr-old migrant returning from work in Ludhiana

Truck driver flees the spot after the incident, police scanning CCTVs in the area to trace him

A speeding truck ran over a 52-year-old migrant labourer near Dhandhari overbridge in Ludhiana’s Sahnewal town on Sunday evening.

Victim was walking back home when the incident took place. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The victim has been identified as Kiamuddin of Dahmesh Market of Dhandhari. His nephew, Sahabuddin, said that Kiamuddin, who a labourer at a factory, was walking home after work when a speeding truck hit him from behind. The truck driver fled the scene after the incident.

Police have lodged a case under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code against the unidentified truck driver, on the statement of the nephew.They are scanning the closed-circuit television cameras in the area to trace the accused.