A truck carrying LPG cylinders hit the two-wheeler, killing the child, who was travelling along with her mother and sister. By the time the brakes were applied, the child had slipped under the rear wheel of the heavy vehicle and died on the spot
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An eight-year-old girl was killed in a road accident in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Thursday, a police officer said.
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The incident took place at 1.30 pm on the service road of the Mumbai-Agra Highway in Ojhar area of Nashik, he added.
"A truck carrying LPG (liquified petroleum gas) cylinders hit a two-wheeler, killing Arpita Prakash Shinde. She was on the two-wheeler along with her mother and sister. By the time the brakes were applied, the child had slipped under the rear wheel of the heavy vehicle and died on the spot. Her mother and sister sustained injuries," the officer said.
The driver was thrashed by passersby before being handed over to the police, he added.
An accidental death case was registered and further probe is underway, the officer informed.
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