India, Feb. 21 -- LUCKNOW A 35-year-old street vendor was killed in a horrific hit-and-run incident in the Krishna Nagar area here late on Wednesday night after he was allegedly knocked down by a speeding car, dragged for nearly a kilometer on its bonnet and then run over by the driver who fled the spot, said police.

The deceased, Vimal Pal, a native of Nizampur in Badaun district, was living on rent in Barigawan. He ran a cart selling puffed rice and gram near Parag dairy in LDA colony. The man was returning home after the day's work when a speeding car allegedly hit him from behind, officials said.

A case was registered under Section 106 of the BNS against an unidentified driver on the complaint of the victim's brother Ajit Pal while ...