19-yr-old killed after truck hits scooter

Hyderabad: A 19-year-old man died and his friend suffered injuries when their scooter was hit by a truck at

Pedda Amberpet

on Sunday night. The victims were,

M Laxman

, 19, of Thattiannaram. His friend is one Shiva Shankar. When the two were travelling on a scooter from Abdullapurmet to LB Nagar near the U-turn opposite to India oil petrol bunk on the NH 65, a truck coming from behind hit the scooter. Pillion rider, Laxman fell on the road and died on the spot. Shiva Shankar escaped with minor injuries, Hayathnagar police said. A case was registered against the absconding truck driver under sections 304-a and 337 of the

IPC

. The body was shifted to

Osmania General Hospital

for postmortem. tnn