Car kills man headed to work on bike taxi
Mohali, Sept. 17 -- A 30-year-old man died after a speeding Swift Dzire car hit a bike taxi that he had booked to reach office on Monday morning.
The deceased, Pankaj Kannu, hailed from Jammu, and had been living in Mohali since 2013. He was working with a private company in Industrial Area, Phase 8-B. On Monday morning, he booked a bike taxi from his home in Woodland Heights, Sector 86, to reach work. On the way, a car hit the two-wheeler, leaving both Kumar and rider Harsminder Singh injured.
The car driver, Bahadur Singh of Sohana, took them to the Phase-6 civil hospital. From there, Kumar was referred to GMCH-32 and later shifted to PGIMER, where he succumbed to injuries.
Pankaj's father Radha Krishna Kannu, a retired central tourism employee, told police that his son was the only brother of three sisters. Police have booked the car driver. Harsminder remains under treatment.
In another accident in Chandigarh, a 22-year-old Ambala Cantt resident was killed and his friend sustained injuries after their motorcycle was hit by an unknown speeding vehicle near the Airport light point in the early hours of Monday.
The deceased, Gagan, was riding a motorcycle with his friend Satinder, around 3.25 am, when an unidentified vehicle hit them and sped away from the spot.
Both victims were rushed to the hospital by passers-by, where doctors declared Gagan dead on arrival. Satinder is undergoing treatment for his injuries. A case has beenregistered.HTC...
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