Man lying on road dies after car drives over him, probe on
Ghaziabad, Aug. 26 -- A car ran over an unidentified man who was lying on the road in Ghaziabad on Monday, police said, adding that the incident was recorded by a commuter who posted it on social media.
The incident took place on the main Raj Nagar Road at 1.30pm. The video shows a man, aged about 40 years, lying on the road. A short while later he is run over by a slowly moving car, which then speeds away. The man was crushed under the front and rear tyres of the car.
Police took cognizance of the social media post. "The video has been verified. Passersby took the victim to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. The car was moving slowly but the driver did not stop after crushing the man," said Bhaskar Verma, assistant commissioner of police of Kavi Nagar circle.
Police said that locals told them that the man was daily seen wandering around in the area. "The locals told us that the man was mentally unwell. We have formed teams to trace the car and its driver and will soon file an FIR under appropriate sections of BNS," he added....
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