India, Feb. 25 -- A 39-year-old man died after a truck mowed him down on a service lane near Binola on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway on Sunday evening, police said on Monday.

According to police, the deceased's friend was passing by the accident spot and had stopped to check what had happened, when he identified the deceased as Shahnawaz Alam from Bihar's Katihar district. Alam resided in a rented accommodation near Binola and worked as a construction worker.

The incident took place at 8.30pm when Alam was in the service lane, walking towards the bus stop to reach a construction site at Dharuhera. The truck driver, after running over Alam, fled the spot with the vehicle.

Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said th...