Kashipur: Speeding pickup runs over 30-year-old crossing the road in Pratappur village, he dies on the spot; police seize the pickup, driver absconding

A 30-year-old man was killed after being hit by a pickup while crossing the road in Pratappur village of Kashipur at about 8 pm on Tuesday (November 10). According to Amar Ujala, he worked at a welding shop outside the village and was going across the road to a cart to buy fast food when a speeding pickup ran over him, killing him on the spot. The driver left the pickup and ran away. Police completed the inquest, got the post-mortem done and have seized the pickup. CO Prashant Kumar said an FIR will be registered once a complaint is received. The man is survived by his mother and two brothers.