3 Cops Hurt as Speeding Truck Ploughs into Police Vehicle near Sec-20 Flyover

Car driver and motorcyclist fled after the two collisions, one near Mansa Devi temple and another in Barwala

- HT Correspondents

PANCHKULA: Two separate hit-and-run road accidents tragically claimed the lives of a motorcyclist and a pedestrian in Panchkula, police said on Thursday.

The motorcyclist, 27-year-old Shamsher Rana, a resident of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, was returning from Mansa Devi Temple after paying obeisance, when a speeding car struck his two-wheeler near Dolphin Chowk on Thursday afternoon. His friend, Sonali, 26, a lab technician residing in Khuda Lohara, Chandigarh, who survived the accident, narrated the accident to police.

She said they both were returning from Mansa Devi temple on Shamsher's Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle. As they were passing near the petrol pump close to Dolphin Chowk around 2.40 pm, a speeding Maruti Suzuki Alto car suddenly turned towards the rotary, leading to a collision with their motorcycle.

Both Sonali and Shamsher sustained severe injuries and were rushed to the Manimajra civil hospital by two bystanders, Vikram and Aman. Due to the severity of Shamsher's condition, he was referred to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh. But he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.