Ludhiana: A 23-year-old man died in a road accident when a speeding concrete mixture truck hit him near Suffian Bagh Chowk on Sunday evening. The deceased has been identified as Sushil Jha, 23, of Islam Ganj area.
According to the police, the man was walking his way towards Vijay Nagar, where he worked at a factory. After the incident, the onlookers vandalised the truck.
The police said when Sushil was close to Suffian Bagh Chowk, the speeding vehicle hit him. When Sushil fell down on the road, the truck crushed him to death. On seeing this, the onlookers raised an alarm and stopped the vehicle.
On getting information, the police reached the spot and pacified the enraged people. Thereafter, the body of Sushil Kumar was taken to hospital.
ASI Gurmel Singh from Division No. 2 police station said the police are recording statements of the kin of the deceased to lodge an FIR.
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