Panchkula: A 23-year-old MSc student was killed after a speeding car rammed his motorcycle at Hafed Chowk, near sectors 2 and 4, late on Wednesday night. The accident took place around 11:30pm, following which the car driver allegedly abandoned the vehicle and fled.According to information, the victim, Ankit Sheoran, originally from Hisar, was pursuing his first-year MSc at Chandigarh University. He lived in a paying guest accommodation in Kharar.According to the complaint filed by his friend Bharpur, three friends, including Ankit, were travelling on separate motorcycles from Kharar to Old Panchkula to pick up another friend. When Ankit reached Hafed Chowk in Sector 4, a speeding car coming from the opposite direction rammed his motorcycle.The impact threw Ankit onto the road, leaving him seriously injured. The car’s airbags deployed due to the force of the collision. Instead of stopping to help, the driver allegedly attempted to flee and eventually abandoned the car at the spot.Ankit was rushed to the civil hospital in Sector 6, where doctors declared him dead. Police have registered a case and started an investigation. The body was handed over to the family after a postmortem examination on Thursday.
