Mohali, Aug. 21 -- A 62-year-old man died after being hit by a speeding car, reportedly driven by a girl student of a private university, on the Siswan-Chandigarh highway near the Air Force Station in New Chandigarh, on Wednesday around 11 am.

The deceased was identified as Satnam Singh, a resident of Hoshiarpur village near Mullanpur. Inspector Amandeep Trikha, the SHO of Mullanpur police station, said that initial probe revealed that a Swift Dzire car, bearing registration number CH04C4845, struck Singh after he suddenly appeared in the middle of the road.

The car was reportedly being driven by a girl student, and three others - two boys and another girl, all students of a private university in Chandigarh -- were also seated in the ve...