Jalandhar: A person died in a horrific road accident in front of Sports College located on Kapurthala Highway in Jalandhar, Punjab. The person riding an Activa was hit by a speeding Municipal Corporation truck. Due to this, he died on the spot. The deceased person has been identified as Om Prakash (65), a resident of Raj Nagar, Basti Bawa Khel. The body of the deceased has been taken into custody by the police and sent to Civil Hospital Jalandhar for post-mortem.
Ved Prakash, brother of deceased Om Prakash, said that Om (deceased) used to run a grocery shop near his house in Basti Bawa Khel, Raj Nagar. He was going from Kapurthala Road to Jalandhar market on his Activa to get the goods for the shop. After some time he got a call that his brother had met with an accident in which he had died.
As per information, Om was crushed by a speeding truck of the Municipal Corporation. The truck passed over Om’s head and his head was crushed. In the incident, he had died on the spot. Police have seized Om’s Activa and Municipal Corporation’s truck from the crime scene. Let us tell you that this accident happened outside NHS Hospital in front of Sports College. The driver had fled from the spot.