Noida: A 30-year-old daily wage labourer was crushed to death after a container truck ran over him near his house in Surajpur in Greater Noida on Tuesday night.Police said the driver fled the spot and abandoned the truck at a repair yard nearby. He has been absconding since then, an officer added. Police have seized the truck as part of the investigation.The deceased, Kuldeep Prajapati, was a resident of Shivrajpur village. According to police, the accident occurred around 8.30pm when Prajapati was sitting at a tea stall near a road crossing near his house. The truck, allegedly being driven rashly, ran over him and left him critically injured.Locals told police the truck driver fled the spot without arranging for medical assistance for the victim. He drove the truck to the repair yard and escaped from there.After receiving information from local residents through the emergency helpline number 112, a police team rushed to the spot and took Prajapati to a nearby hospital. However, he was declared brought dead on arrival.A case has been registered at Surajpur police station against the unidentified truck driver under relevant provisions of BNS pertaining to causing death by negligence and rash driving. Police said efforts are under way to identify and arrest the driver and examine the circumstances that led to the accident.Meanwhile, the manager of the truck repair yard extended financial assistance to the victim’s family after he came to know that the driver had abandoned the vehicle there.Prajapati’s post-mortem examination was conducted on Wednesday, police said.
