29-year-old delivery agent, elderly cyclist succumb to injuries
Mohali, June 27 -- Two road mishap victims, including a 29-year-old delivery agent, succumbed to their injuries in the last 24 hours in Mohali.
In the first case, Pankaj, a part-time delivery person for Flipkart, was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Cheema Boilers traffic lights on Airport Road on Monday night when he had gone to deliver a parcel in Phase 7. His brother told HT that around 11.20 pm, he received a phone call informing him about the accident. He rushed to the spot and found his brother critically injured. Pankaj was first taken to the civil hospital in Phase 6 and later referred to Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, where he remained under treatment before succumbing to his injuries on Wednesday.
Police have registered a case under Sections 106 (death by negligence), 281 (rash or negligent driving), and 324(4) (mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the unidentified driver.
In the second case, a 76-year-old cyclist, Gurmeet Singh, was hit by a scooter on Kurali Road in Mullanpur on Sunday evening. According to police, the victim, a retired employee of the postal department, was on his way to meet his daughter. A scooter bearing registration number PB 27 AL 1501 hit him from the back.
The victim sustained a serious head injury and was taken to a nearby hospital for initial treatment. He was later referred to PGI Chandigarh, where he remained under treatment for nearly a week but later he succumbed to his injury on Wednesday. The victim's family reported the matter to the police on Wednesday, after which a case was registered under relevant sections....
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