Old man killed in road mishap

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 19: An old man was killed today in a road mishap in Digiana area of city outskirts.
According to a police official, a pedestrian identified as Waryam Singh (85) son of Nand Lal, resident of House No 755, Digiana, received serious injuries this morning when a speeding scooty bearing registration number JK02BL-5473 hit him at Digiana.
“With serious injuries the man was immediately rushed to Military Hospital, Satwari, where he succumbed to his injuries”, the official said, adding, his body was shifted to mortuary room of Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu for postmortem.
In this connection, a case has been registered at police station Gangyal and investigations started while efforts were on to nab the accused scooty driver, who managed to flee from the spot of crime along with his two-wheeler.