Passenger killed, driver hurt as cab rams into parked vehicle
Mohali, Nov. 6 -- A 40-year-old man travelling from the Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Mohali to Hoshiarpur was killed after the taxi he was travelling in, rammed into a stationary vehicle allegedly parked without any warning lights on the Bharat Mala Road near Rangian village in Kharar on Wednesday morning.
The deceased, Varun Goyal, worked with JBM Company in Maheshana, Gujarat.
According to the FIR registered at Sadar Kharar police station, Goyal arrived at the airport around 6 am and hired a white Honda Amaze taxi (PB 01 F 7019) for his onward journey to Hoshiarpur.
The complainant, Goyal's father Rakesh Kumar, told police that on the outskirts of Rangian village, an unidentified driver allegedly parked a vehicle on the road without switching on parking lights, leaving it in the path of approaching traffic.
The taxi collided with the vehicle, injuring Goyal and its driver, identified as Inderjit Singh.
An ambulance stationed at the Bajheri toll plaza shifted both men to the civil hospital, Kharar.
Doctors declared Goyal brought dead, while the taxi driver was referred to civil hospital, Phase 6, Mohali for further treatment.
Police registered an FIR against the unidentified driver under Sections 285 (danger or obstruction in public way), 125(b) (causing grievous hurt by endangering life), 324(4) (mischief) and 106(1) (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The police received information about the accident through medical memos from Civil Hospital, Kharar.
After verifying the jurisdiction, they registered the case at Sadar Kharar police station....
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