India, Dec. 29 -- An unidentified cyclist was killed after being run over by a speeding truck in Sector 9 on Sunday morning, police said.

According to officers, familiar with the matter, the cyclist was riding along the roadside when the truck hit him early on Sunday morning. Investigators said the driver fled the scene after the accident, abandoning the truck at the spot. "The cyclist came under the truck's wheel, sustaining severe injuries and bleeding profusely. He died on the spot," said a senior official at Sector 9A police station, under whose jurisdiction the area falls, requesting anonymity.

The official said the body was shifted to the mortuary at Sector 10 Civil Hospital for post-mortem examination under Section 194, which lay...