A 30-year-old man was mowed down by a speeding truck near a service center at Chola road under Hanumanganj police station area late in the night on Monday.
According to the police a man died after his scooter was hit by a speeding truck.
The locals informed the police and on the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot and started investigation.
The deceased was identified as lakhan Malviya of Rajgarh. The truck bearing registration number RJ09-GA-5504 was seized while the errant truck driver escaped the spot leaving and is still missing.
Investigating Officer SI Shivbhuvan Tiwari said that the deceased was hit on his way to his rented room in Chola area. In the post mortem report traces of alcohol were not found and if the truck driver was in an inebriated state could be ascertained after he would be nabbed.
Search for the errant driver has been started and based on the registration number the details of the truck would be searched which would help in tracking the owner and errant driver during the further investigation, he added.
The incident took place at around 11.30 pm near Sahu service center at Chola road. The collision proved fatal for the deceased.
The deceased hailed from Rajgarh and used to work as conductor with Bhopal travels. After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and the police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC and have started further investigation.