India, July 5 -- A 24-year-old engineer died after a speeding Mahindra Scorpio allegedly hit his motorcycle from behind at a U-turn near Atul Kataria Chowk on Old Delhi-Gurugram Road shortly after midnight on Friday, police said.

The victim, identified as Yogendra Mishra, a native of Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh, worked at an automobile spare part manufacturing firm in Sector 18 and lived in a rented accommodation in Gandhi Colony near Pataudi Chowk. Police said he had returned to Gurugram on Thursday from Haridwar, reported for his afternoon shift, and was heading home after work when the crash took place around 12.40am near Bank Market in Sector 14.

A senior police officer said Mishra lost control of his motorcycle after ...