A 32-year-old businessman died after being struck by a speeding Mercedes on the Durgam Cheruvu cable bridge in Hyderabad’s Madhapur in the early hours of Sunday, April 19, with the driver fleeing the scene after the accident The victim, Shyam Raj, a resident of Hafeezpet, had stopped on the bridge with his wife around 3.15 am to take photographs. While Raj stood on the road clicking pictures of his wife, who was on the walkway, a Mercedes rammed into him before hitting the railing and flipping over, Madhapur Police said. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to his injuries around 4 pm. According to police, the couple had earlier gone to send a parcel at a travel bus service and had a late-night dinner before stopping briefly at the bridge on their way back to Hafeezpet. The car was travelling from Jubilee Hills towards IKEA at the time of the accident.