Tribune News Service Amritsar March 14 A helper of a mechanical sweeping machine died due to alleged negligence of the driver of the truck mounted machine at Sultanwind Road here on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Bikramjit Singh Vicky a resident of Ramana Chak village near Khalchian. The accused truck driver has been identified as Satwinder Singh of Matheri village near Ambala in Haryana. Pargat Singh brother of the victim stated that he used to work as a helper (on the truck mounted vacuum sweeping machine) with a private firm Piara Singh & Sons Company. The firm was hired by the Municipal Corporation to clean the city roads. As he was not well on Saturday he sent his younger brother Bikramjit Singh to work. Around 10 am when the driver of the truck mounted machine and Vicky were cleaning the road at Pettian Wala Bazaar on Sultanwind Road the brushes were filled with dust. Bikramjit Singh started cleaning the brushes of machines by entering the hydraulic tank. Satwinder started the engine of the vehicle and pressed the lever of the hydraulic tank. Bikramjit Singh was crushed between the operating unit of the machine and the tank. Bikramjit raised the alarm but the driver didnt hear him due to the noise of the engine. According to eyewitnesses Bikramjit Singh was killed on the spot. On the complaint of the victims brother Pargat Singh the city police have registered a case under Section 304-A of the IPC against the accused driver and nabbed him. The police also impounded the vehicle and initiated investigation.

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