India, June 2 -- A 55-year-old grocery store worker was killed after an SUV crashed into his electric three-wheeler and three other vehicles in Kurla East on Saturday night. The driver initially shifted the injured man to a hospital but allegedly fled after admitting him there. Police have registered a case and launched a search for the absconding accused.

The deceased, identified as Kanhaiya Verma, worked at a grocery store in Nehru Nagar, Kurla East. A native of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, Verma and his family had been associated with the store for nearly three decades.

According to police, the accident occurred around 10 pm near Ajitha Building in the Shiv Srushti Colony area of Nehru Nagar. Verma had gone to deliver groceries to the ...