Chandigarh, Aug. 20 -- A day after he was hit by a speeding car near the Housing Board Light Point in Manimajra, a 58-year-old man died during treatment at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, on Monday.

The mishap took place around 9 pm on Sunday night, when the victim, Rajesh Kumar, was crossing the road from the side of Mela Ground towards Hotel Select. An eyewitness, Abrar Ahmed, an auto driver from Rajiv Colony, Panchkula, told the police that as soon as Rajesh crossed the road divider grille, a white car, bearing a Punjab registration number, came at high speed from the Housing Board Light Point side and rammed into him.

The car driver neither slowed down nor sounded the horn before the collision, the eyewitn...