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Youth dies in mishap

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Press Trust of India Gorakhpur
A 20-year-old youth died after

being hit by a speeding truck here, police sources said.

Narayan, a resident of Ramnagar Karjahan under Khorabar Police station area, was run over by a truck as he could not see the vehicle coming towards him due to dense fog yesterday, they said, adding that he died while being taken to a hospital.

The driver of the vehicle fled from the scene after the incident. A hunt is on to nab him, the sources said. This is the second accident here due to fog in two days. A man had died on Monday in a similar incident.

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First Published: Dec 25 2013 | 6:35 PM IST

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