India, Feb. 24 -- A 31-year-old man was killed after he was hit by a speeding taxi on the Farrukhnagar-Jhajjar road, police said on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Govind Kumar, a resident of Yakubpur in Jhajjar.

Police said Kumar was returning home from Farrukhnagar on a motorcycle when, at 1.50pm on Sunday, a cab en route to Farrukhnagar suddenly took a sharp U-turn in the middle of the road and hit the motorcycle. The impact was so severe that Kumar flew and fell several feet away.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that the cab driver fled towards Jhajjar without slowing down or stopping.

"Commuters alerted the police control room and had rushed him to the community health centre in Farrukhnaga...