A 45-year-old pottery seller was killed in a road accident, after he was hit by a speeding car near Patrakaar Colony under Kolar police station area late in the evening on Saturday.
Police said that the due to the impact of the accident deceased was thrown several feet from the spot and died from serious head injuries.
The incident took place on Saturday night around 9.30 pm when the deceased identified as Ramcharit was returning home after buying vegetables, car that hit him has not been identified yet. The police are probing the footage of the CCTV camera.
According to the police, used to sell china-pottery in front of Patrakaar Colony.
At around nine on Saturday night, he went out to buy vegetables from the house and around 9:30 pm, he was walking to home from Panchsheel Nagar with vegetables.
He was trying to cross the road near his house during which the car hit him. His family took him to the hospital in critical condition where he was declared dead by the doctor.
Ramcharit has six children and he was the sole bread earner in the house. Relatives of Ramcharit said that after the collision, the car went towards Chunabhatti. People could not see the number of the car due to darkness.
The police are trying to identify the car with the footage of the CCTV cameras around the incident site.