UDAIPUR, April 22 (TIWN): A speeding tripper truck snatched the life of a bike rider at Shalgarha area under R.K. Pur Police Station, here on Tuesday evening.

The deceased has been identified as Ajit Ghosh (32) resident of East Palatana under R.K. Pur Police Station. He was a teacher by profession.

According to police, one tipper truck bearing number MN01-9701 while proceeding towards Shalgarha area from Agartala side collided head on with a bike bearing number TR03-E-9272 which was coming from the opposite direction.  As a result rider of the bike namely Ajit Ghosh (32) died on the spot.

The accident occurred due to the rush and negligence driving by the drivers of both vehicles. The incident took place at around 5:30 pm evening.

After getting the information police personnel from R.K. Pur Police Station rushed to the spot and seized both the vehicles. Immediately Ajit Ghosh (32) was rushed to the Gomati District Hospital wherein the attending doctors declared him brought dead. The driver of the tripper truck managed to flee away after the incident.

A specific case has been registered in this regard and a hunt is on to arrest the accused driver, said police.

During the years (2009-­10 and 2010-­11) as many as 1748 road accidents took place that killed 453 persons. A total of 2573 persons were injured in the same period. Add to it were 291 persons who were killed in 1015 road accidents in the year 2012, 1382 person more were injured. The statistics said, the number of vehicles, which were 58,581 in the year 2001, goes up 66,507 in the year 2002. Gradually the increasing trend for number of vehicles has been continue in the year 2010 it stand 1,60,119 vehicles. But in the year 2011 it abruptly rise to 2, 10,331 vehicles and in the year 2012 it stand at 2, 60,227 vehicles across Tripura.