New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- A 42-year-old motorcyclist was killed after being hit and dragged for nearly 50 metres by a truck that was allegedly speeding in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh late Tuesday night, police said.

The victim, identified as Mithlesh Kumar Thakur, worked as a driver for a private firm that dealt in machinery tools export, police said. The truck driver, Kamal Kumar, originally from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, allegedly tried to flee after the collision, but was forced to stop when the motorcycle got lodged under the truck's fuel tank, according to police officers aware of the details in the case.

Locals and passersby caught him and handed him over to the police, officers said.

A first information report was registered at the Punjab...