SHERPUR FLYOVER CRASH
Ludhiana: A speeding SUV killed a pedestrian and two cyclists on Sherpur flyover on Wednesday morning.
Till the filing of the report, the police had identified only one of the deceased — the pedestrian, Ritesh Miglani, 45, a resident of Dugrapuri, Haibowal.
Ritesh’s cousin Vishal Miglani said, “Ritesh and I are wholesale fabric traders. On Wednesday morning, we left home to collect payments from different areas. We hired an auto-rickshaw to reach near Mohan Dai Oswal Hospital from where Ritesh collected payments. Thereafter, we were walking on the flyover to catch a bus to Samrala.”
“Ritesh was about 100 metres ahead of me. I was talking on cellphone while walking when I saw a speeding SUV hitting a cyclist in front of me. The collision threw the cyclist off the flyover. After that, the SUV ran into Ritesh and another cyclist ahead of him. I ran towards the SUV and nabbed its driver. He identified himself as Dharminder of Uttar Pradesh. He said he was an Armyman and commuting from Pathankot with his wife and daughter. I then rushed back to check my cousin. The crash had killed him and the two cyclists on the spot,” he added.
Moti Nagar police station assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Dhanwant Singh said, “The SUV driver was speeding. He first hit a cyclist, then a pedestrian and thereafter another cyclist. Passersby nabbed the accused driver as he tried to flee. Dharminder was driving to Uttar Pradesh from Pathankot with his family when the accident took place. We are yet to know his rank, as he is being questioned.”
“We are trying to identify the two cyclists, who seem to be migrant labourers. No identity proofs were found on them. On the complaint of Vishal, an FIR is being registered against the accused,” the ASI added.
Elderly parents lose their sole support
Vishal said, “Ritesh has two sisters who are married. He lived here with his father, who has limited sight, and physically-challenged mother. He was the only support of his elderly parents.”