MUMBAI: A 76-year-old man was killed while a motorcycle rider was injured when a speeding car hit them in suburban Mulund in Mumbai, police said on Wednesday.
The accident took place at BP crossroads on Tuesday night, an official said. The car, allegedly driven by Amresh Yadav, first hit Tukaram Sawant, a pedestrian, and then hit a motorcycle, he said. The driver fled from the spot.
Some passersby alerted police who took Sawant to a hospital but he died during treatment. The bike rider too received serious injuries and was undergoing treatment, the official said.
Yadav was arrested under sections 279 (rash and negligent driving) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
(With PTI inputs)
