Student dies after being caught under wheels of car

A 20-year-old student died after he was caught under the wheels of a car and dragged nearly a kilometre by the vehicle here, police said today.

Gurjot Singh, who studied hotel management at a private university at Landran in Mohali, was declared brought dead by doctors at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), they said.

Singh, a resident of Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh, was hit from behind by the car bearing a registration number of Delhi yesterday, when he and his two friends were returning from their college on a motorcycle.

Singh's two friends fell from the motorbike following the accident, but he was caught in the wheels of the car.
 

A video made by a person in a vehicle that followed the car, showed Singh stuck in the wheels and being dragged for about a kilometre.

Manjit Singh, the station house officer of Balongi Police Station, said the driver of the vehicle would be traced soon.