India, Feb. 8 -- A 38-year-old motorcyclist was crushed to death when a speeding container truck toppled over him at a sharp bend on the Sohna-Tauru Road on Thursday afternoon, police said, adding that the truck driver fled from the scene after the crash.

According to investigators, the incident took place around 12.30pm near Pahad Colony in Sohna Valley. The truck was travelling downhill towards Sohna, while the victim was riding back to Ghaziabad after picking up a parcel from Rewari.

The deceased was identified as Sharib Tasvir, a resident of Rashid Nagar in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He lived in Pasonda, Hindon, Ghaziabad, with his family and worked as a sales executive at a courier firm, police said.

A senior police officer said that ...