Bike rider, 20, run over by unknown vehicle

Trichy: A 20-year-old

bike rider

was allegedly run over by an unidentified vehicle after he was knocked down by another on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as S Arun Prasath, of Ukkadai in Ariyamangalam in Trichy. The accident happened when he was on the way to his workplace on Tuesday morning.

According to the complaint from his father P Sundararaj, 54, his son was working as a carry bag vendor in Gandhi market area. On Tuesday morning, he was riding his bike to the shop, when an unknown vehicle hit him fatally near Christian cemetery near Palpannai roundabout. As he collapsed on the road, he came under the wheels of another vehicle. His head was crushed and he died on the spot.

Local people found the dead body of the youth and informed the police. Traffic North investigation wing police inspector Meerabai took up the investigation and visited the spot.

The police said that Prasath was not wearing helmet when the accident occurred. The police tried to collect the CCTV footage in the area but they could not trace any in the area. The body was handed over to his family after the post-mortem.