One person was killed Wednesday when he was hit by a vehiclein Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The accused driver was arrested within an hour of theincident, they said.
Sansar Singh, a resident of Pallad village, was hit by arashly driven Punjab-bound load carrier at Kalibari on Jammu-Pathankot highwaythis morning, resulting in his death, a police official said.
The driver sped away to escape the arrest, he said.
All checkpoints along the route were alerted and one of theteams managed to intercept the vehicle near Kharote Morh and apprehended theerring driver, Balkar Singh of Punjab, the official said.