Mysore/Mysuru: A 45-year-old man, who was walking on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road near the Fountain Circle, was injured when a speeding white colour car, which came from FTS Circle side hit him  and sped away.

The injured man has been identified as Janardhan, son of late Pedda Kullappa. He is 5.5 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, oval faced, normal built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a blue coloured full arm shirt  and black pant.

Following the accident, passersby, with the help of the Police, who arrived at the spot, shifted injured Janardhan to K.R. Hospital in an autorickshaw and admitted him.

NR Traffic Police, who have registered a case, have urged the kith and kin of the injured to contact NR Traffic Police Station on Ph: 0821-2418328/ 528 or Police Control Room on Ph: 0821-2418339, according to a press release.