In two different incidents of hit-and-run cases on Saturday, two city residents lost their lives after being hit by rashly driven vehicles at different locations. Police has made no arrest till now.
The first incident took place early morning on Saturday. Dinesh Kumar, a city resident lost his life when he was hit by a rashly driven vehicle near the roundabout of Sector 41 and 42.
The victim was riding a motorcycle. The accused driver fled the scene. The 30-year-old deceased, Dinesh, is a resident of Sector 22. He succumbed to his injuries while being rushed by police officials to the hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
In another such incident, a 28-year-old pedestrian died after he was run over by a vehicle near Hira Singh Chowk at Sector 26. The body of the deceased has not been claimed as yet and his identity has not been established either. “Police failed to arrest the accused car driver as he fled the spot after hitting the victim,” said, SHO Anokh Singh.”
A case has been registered against the accused and further investigations are being carried out to nab the person responsible, said police.