A 24-year-old youth died in a road accident after his motorbike was hit by a speeding vehicle at Nepania Jaat area under Intkhedi police station area late in the night on Monday.
Police said that the injured was taken to Hamidia hospital with the help of locals who informed police and ambulance where the bike rider was declared dead while the truck driver left the truck and escaped the spot.
The deceased was identified as Sonu Mehar who was returning from Bhopal to home at Khamkheda and got injured when his bike was hit by a speeding truck.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case and started further investigation.
The police have booked the errant driver under section 304 A of the IPC and started searching for the accused based on the truck which was seized from the spot.
Police found that Sonu was returning from Bhopal at around 12 in the night when his bike was hit by the truck at Nepania Jaat, after an accident truck driver failed to escape with the truck and left the truck at the spot before leaving.
The locals informed the police and on the receipt of the information police team rushed to the spot and started investigation. Further details are under investigation, said police.
Meanwhile, a food stall cart was gutted in fire after a cooking gas cylinder caught fire at Bhopal railway station number 6 on Monday while the food stall operator sustained severe burns in an attempt to pacify the fire. The goods on the cart were completely gutted in fire while the operator of the stall Dawood was rushed to hospital after he tried to pacify the fire.