A man died in Kerala on Wednesday after being hit by the car used by Congress lawmaker Jyotiraditya Scindia, who was heading to a function in Alappuzha.
Scindia was in the car when it hit the biker on a road near Alappuzha. He reportedly had another car traveling with him which took the 62-year-old man to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
The Congress MP reportedly sent the car and driver involved in the accident to the police station. He tweeted that he would meet the family.
The car in which former Union minister and MP Jyotiraditya Scindia was travelling killed the elderly man on NH 66 in front of Bishop Moore School near Thanki Junction of Pattanakadu Police station limits here on Wednesday.
The police said the deceased has been identified as Sasi, 70, a resident of Unnikandathil House, Puthiyakavu, Cherthala, near Alappuzha. He was riding his electric scooter when the accident took place. Though he was rushed to a private hospital in Cherthala, his life could not be saved. The MP was going to attend a merit evening function being organised by Alappuzha MP KC Venugopal. The car was shifted to Pattankadu police station limits.
Scindia, a three-time Member of Parliament from Guna, Madhya Pradesh, was travelling on the National Highway-66 in Pattanakadu village in Alappuzha when his car hit the man riding a two-wheeler. The elderly man died on the spot while Scindia escaped unhurt according to the report.
The accident reportedly took place at Puthiyakavu around 11.30 am on Wednesday as Scindia was travelling in a chauffeur-driven car from Kochi to Alapuzzha to attend a function at Cherthala after arriving at Kochi from New Delhi.
After the incident, the Congress leader tweeted to express his condolence and said that he will meet the bereaved family.
After handing over the car to the police, Scindia left in another car, KC Venugopal, Congress MP from Alappuzha, said adding his colleague would later call on the bereaved family. Besides the former Union minister, three other Congress workers were in the car when the mishap occurred, Venugopal said.