Vehicular traffic movement on Sakchi-Mango Road was disrupted for about two hours after a mishap took place near Mango bridge at the Sitaramdera end of the bridge on Monday morning.
A 45-year-old man, identified as Mahendra Burman died after being hit by a speeding truck near a roundabout close to Jai Prakash Setu under Sitaramdera police station area.
The victim, who was a resident of Gurudwara Bustee in Mango sustained grievous head injuries and lay in a pool of blood, causing the vehicular movement to come to standstill.
A traffic police constable who was posted on the bridge duty soon stopped an auto-rickshaw and rushed the victim to Tata Main Hospital emergency where the victim was declared as brought dead.
As it was a busy hours and no-entry period was not in force, hundreds of vehjicles, including trucks, trailers, cars and two-wheelers got stuck surrounding the spot of mishap and eventually it converted into a jam.
According to sources, the victim had a jewelry shop, Vishal Jewelry at Golmuri, about four kms away from his residence. The driver of the truck had fled the spot leaving the vehicle abandoned. The police later seized the truck and also the bike of the victim.
Officer-in-charge, Sitaramdera thana, Rajiv Ranjan lal confirmed that a 45-year-old man was killed on being run over by a truck near Mango bridge. “We have seized the truck, but the driver has managed to escape. We are investigating as to under which circumstance the mishap took place,” said lal.