Hyderabad, April 26 --  A 32-year-old businessman died after being struck by a speeding Mercedes on the Durgam Cheruvu cable bridge in Madhapur in the early hours of April 19, and a week later, police have tracked down the driver who fled the scene, tracing him all the way to Ooty.

The victim, Shyam Raj, a resident of Hafeezpet, had stopped on the bridge with his wife around 3.15 am to take photographs. While Raj stood on the road clicking pictures of his wife, who was on the walkway, the Mercedes rammed into him before hitting the railing and flipping over. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to his injuries later.

According to the police, the couple had earlier gone to send a parcel at a travel bus service and had a ...