Varanasi: A 47-year-old man was killed after being hit by a speeding pickup van in Babhani police station area of Sonbhadra district early on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified as businessman Girwar Prasad, a resident of Babhani. He was out on a morning walk around 5 am on Tuesday. On Babhani-Ambikapur road, a speeding pickup van heading towards Renukoot hit him, leaving him seriously injured.Soon after, locals took him to the community health centre, Babhani, where doctors declared him dead.Meanwhile, police sent the body for postmortem and launched a manhunt to trace the vehicle. The deceased is survived by two daughters and a son.
