Rickshaw-puller dies as truck rams into booth

A rickshaw-puller was killed and two others were seriously injured when a speeding Verka truck rammed into a booth at the parking lot of the Phase V market this morning.The incident occurred at around 4.15 am. Amarjit Singh (40), a rickshaw-puller from Gopalganj, Bihar, died on the spot while two persons, Birbal, aka Bijli, and Saurav Kumar from Dhanas, Chandigarh, received serious injuries. Truck driver Sanjay Kumar fled from the spot after the accident and is at large.Amarjit and Bijli were sleeping near the booth while Saurav was driving his auto-rickshaw. The truck first hit the auto-rickshaw and then rammed into the booth.