Man dies as bike rams into tractor-trailer

Ludhiana, May 10

Ravinder Gaus (35), who was riding a Bajaj Platina motorcycle (bearing registration no. PB 91C 8153), rammed into a speeding tractor-trailer when the tractor driver suddenly applied breaks in front of the Shimlapuri branch of the State Bank of India on Gill Road here late on Sunday evening. The victim sustained multiple injuries and died on the spot.

In a complaint to the police, Babu Gaus, father of the deceased and a resident of Preet Nagar in Shimlapuri, said the tractor-trailer was being driven at a high speed and Ravinder was behind the vehicle when it stopped, after which the motorcycle rammed into the vehicle.

The police said the driver of the tractor-trailer had been identified as Rahul, a resident of Lohara Colony, and a case under Sections 279, 427 and 304-A of the Indian Penal Code had been registered against him. However, no arrest had been made so far. — OC