Nagpur: A 35-year-old woman professor at Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (YCCE) was killed after her scooter rammed into the rear of a truck and she was crushed under its rear wheels near Hingna Road-Ring Zone Square in Nagpur’s MIDC area on Tuesday morning. The truck driver fled the spot following the accident. The deceased leaves behind her five-year-old son.

The deceased was identified as Priyanka Pravin More, alias Priyanka Sahebrao Khandekar, a resident of Aarti Empire near Vivekanand Hospital. She was employed as a professor at YCCE in Wanadongri.

According to the police complaint, More was riding her Honda Activa (MH-49-CN-6893) towards her workplace when her scooter rammed into the rear of an unidentified truck. She fell on the road and came under the truck’s rear wheels, sustaining fatal injuries.

She was immediately rushed to Shalinitai Meghe Hospital in Wanadongri. However, doctors declared her dead upon examination.

Jeevan Namdevrao Dhekankar (40), a fellow employee at the college and a resident of Hudkeshwar, lodged a complaint with the MIDC police.

Police registered a case against the unidentified truck driver under Sections 281 and 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 184, 134 and 177 of the Motor Vehicles Act.

The MIDC police have launched a search to trace the absconding truck driver. Further investigation is underway.