5-yr-old killed in road accident

A five-year-old was crushed under the wheels of a truck and her grandfather was injured when the two-wheeler they were riding on was hit from behind by a truck on the service lane in Dera Bassi on yesterday afternoon. The...

Tribune News Service

Dera Bassi, Updated At : 07:17 AM Mar 21, 2025 IST

The deceased, Araadhya, a student of LKG, was returning home from school in Saraswati Vihar with her grandfather, Upesh Bansal.

Locals said a truck hit the duo’s vehicle from behind, causing the child to fall on the road. The victim’s head was crushed under the front wheel of the truck. Injured Bansal managed to take his granddaughter, who was lying in a pool of blood, to the Civil Hospital, where doctors declared her dead.

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