Doctor in speeding Mercedes SUV kills man painting dividers in UP's Meerut

MEERUT/BAREILLY: A 44-year-old ENT specialist allegedly mowed down a labourer employed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on the Lucknow-Delhi national highway with his speeding Mercedes SUV in Moradabad on Sunday. An FIR has been registered, and the vehicle has been seized, police said.

SP Ranvijay Singh said, “The doctor, a resident of Moradabad, was driving the SUV at high speed. He lost control of the vehicle and hit Daya Chandra Singh, who was among a group of workers repainting the divider walls on a bridge in the Pakbara area.”

He added that preliminary investigation found that the doctor was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.

“We detained him for questioning and lodged an FIR under BNS sections 281 (rash driving) and 106-1 (causing death by negligence) at Pakbara police station,” the SP said.