BANGALORE: A lorry driver who alighted from his vehicle and was walking to the other side where a posse of commercial tax officers was waiting for him, was run over by a Tata Indica cab. This happened near Nayanahalli Gate on Doddaballapur Main Road on Sunday.
Irshad Khan, 39, was driving his steel-laden lorry from Doddaballapur when he was stopped by a commercial tax officer around 10 am near Nayanahalli Gate.
The officer asked Khan to talk to his superior officers who were standing on the other side of the road. Khan began crossing the road and when he walked past the media, a speeding Tata Indica car hit him, killing him on the spot.The cab driver fled the spot leaving his vehicle behind. An angry mob damaged the cab.
A 19-year-old milk vendor died on Sunday after a water tanker hit his moped in CV Raman Nagar. Ajay Thomas, a resident of Pai Layout in KR Puram, had gone to Kaggadasapura to supply milk.
Around 7.30am, he was taking a right when the tractor hit him head on. He died on the spot.
The driver abandoned the vehicle and fled. Police said the tractor bore a Tumkur registration number and they were looking for the driver.