A 40-year-old man travelling from Mohali airport to Hoshiarpur was killed after the taxi he was travelling in rammed into a stationary vehicle allegedly parked on Bharat Mala Road without any warning lights near Rangian village in Kharar on Wednesday morning.
The deceased, Varun Goyal, worked with JBM Company in Maheshana, Gujarat. An unidentified driver allegedly left a vehicle stationary on the road without switching on parking lights, leaving it in the path of approaching traffic. The deceased, Lalan, worked in stone and tile fitting shop and lived in Balongi. Police received information about the accident from hospital.
Goyal arrived at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport around 6 am and hired a white Honda Amaze taxi (PB 01 F 7019) for his onward journey to Hoshiarpur, according to the FIR registered at Sadar Kharar police station. Police registered an FIR against the unidentified driver under Sections 285, 125(b), 324(4) and 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, related to obstruction on a public way, endangering personal safety, mischief causing damage and death by negligence. In another incident, a 50-year-old cyclist was killed after a black Mahindra Thar hit his bicycle from behind near Vidya Valley School on Kharar’s 200-ft Road on Monday evening. His younger brother, Naresh Kumar, who witnessed the accident, told police that they were cycling separately towards the KFC side from Mullanpur around 6.30 pm on November 2. Kharar police registered an FIR against the unidentified Thar driver under Sections 281 and 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, pertaining to rash driving on a public way and causing death by negligence.
The complainant, Goyal’s father Rakesh Kumar, told police that the taxi was travelling on Bharat Mala Road when it reached the outskirts of Rangian village. The driver fled without stopping, police said.
The police received information about the accident through medical memos from Civil Hospital, Kharar. After verifying the jurisdiction, they registered the case at Sadar Kharar police station.
