A speeding pickup van rammed into a cycle here, killing a labourer, police said on Sunday.

Noor Mohammad (28), who worked in a rice mill, was on his way to work from his residence in Takia Dinarpur village on a bicycle when the accident took place on the Puranpur-Pilibhit National Highway on Saturday, SHO, Puranpur Kotwali, Ashutosh Raghuvanshi said.

The pickup driver fled from the spot, he said, adding the body has been sent for postmortem.

Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Telegraph Online staff and has been published from a syndicated feed.