India, Dec. 14 -- Court clerk crushed to death by speeding SUV in Lucknow; driver flees

HT Correspondent

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Lucknow

A 32-year-old court clerk was killed after being hit and allegedly run over by a speeding SUV in the Gomti Nagar area on Saturday morning, police said.

The incident occurred around 6 am near Sushma Hospital in Vibhuti Khand when the victim was standing by the roadside drinking tea. Eyewitnesses said the SUV, travelling at high speed from the Faizabad Road side, struck the man with such force that he was thrown nearly 50 feet.

Police said that as the driver attempted to flee, the vehicle allegedly ran over the victim's abdomen, killing him on the spot. Local residents chased the SUV and briefly managed t...