Mohali, April 12 -- A 55-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was killed in a head-on collision with a speeding car in Phase 4 on Thursday night.

The victim, Jeenus Rai, a resident of Sector 56, used to sell vegetables at the Kisan Mandi.

According to police, Rai was returning home around 11.30 pm after wrapping up work. As he reached Phase 4, a speeding Maruti Suzuki Ertiga approaching from the opposite direction hit his auto head-on. The impact of the collision tossed the auto driver onto the car's windshield, leaving him grievously injured.

Passers-by rushed him to the civil hospital in Phase 6, where doctors declared him dead. Police registered a case against the car driver, who fled the scene leaving his vehicle behind. A search for the ...