Municipality employee run over by speeding truck in Almora, dies

ALMORA: A 50-year-old woman employee of

Almora

municipality was run over by a speeding truck in the Dugalkhola area of Almora on Friday evening. The accident took place when the victim,

Poonam Devi

, was heading to the market on her scooter. She died on the spot.

Meanwhile, the truck driver escaped the spot and was at large till the time of filing this report.

Later, a case was filed against the unidentified truck driver based on the complaint given by the bereaved family. President of Almora municipality,

Prakash Chandra Joshi

, former MLA Manoj Tiwari and former minister of state, AK Sikander Pawar, also took cognisance of the accident and demanded swift action against the accused.