An elderly man who was undergoing treatment at SKIMS Soura after critically injured by a scooty rider at Sunnar Darpora in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district has succumbed to his injuries on intervening Tuesday and Wednesday night.

The 55-year-old namely Wali Mohammad Najar son of Abdul Aziz Najar was hospitalised in critical conditions after hit by a scooty bearing registration number JK09A 5709. However hours after admission, the elderly man succumbed to his injuries at the tertiary hospital, as told by a family member.

A case stands registered into the incident and the two-wheeler also taken into seizure, a police official told when contacted by GNS after the incident. (GNS)