Elderly man mowed down by two-wheeler

A 73-year-old man died after being knocked down by a speeding two-wheeler near the Nagasandra metro station on Tumakuru Road, North Bengaluru, on Wednesday morning.

Chandrashekar, a retired engineer from Nagawara, was walking to Ramaiah Layout to inspect his under-construction house when the accident occurred around 7.15 am. He sustained grievous injuries. The motorcyclist, too, fell down and was injured but rode off soon after.

Passersby took Chandrashekar to a hospital where he was declared brought dead. He is survived by his wife and two children.

The jurisdictional Peenya traffic police later tracked down the motorcyclist, identified as Yoganarasimhan, 25, with the help of the CCTV footage and seized his vehicle. The suspect is currently being treated at a private hospital.