in Photo: Devi Lal Gameti, Uncle of accident victim girl in grief

This evening, a 19-year old girl was run over by a fast moving truck after she was hit from behind. The driver of the vehicle fled away while the truck was taken into police custody.

Lalita d/o Bhagwan Lal Gameti, a student and resident of Balicha, NH.8 was going to her maternal grandfather ‘s house towards Suo Ka Falla village on her scooty at 4.45 pm. A speeding truck hit her from the back and ran over her face. This resulted in fatal head injuries and she died on the spot.

According to the police “The truck was taken into custody and transferred to the police station and the body was shifted to the mortuary of the M.B Hospital for Postmortem.”

The police have started their investigation on the basis of the license plate of the truck and a FIR was lodged against the driver.