Sopore, Oct 13: A man was killed after a Scorpio vehicle hit his bicycle from behind on the National Highway in the Hadipora area of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday evening, officials said.
An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the man was riding a bicycle when the Scorpio hit him from behind, leaving him dead on the spot.
The official said a police team reached the spot and took the body into custody before shifting it to SDH Sopore for medico-legal formalities.
The deceased was identified as Nazir Ahmad Lone, son of Gh. Rasool Lone, a resident of Hadipora, the official said.
Meanwhile, the driver of the vehicle has been arrested and the vehicle involved in the accident seized. Further investigation into the incident is underway.—(KNO)
