Ghaziabad: An 11-year-old girl was crushed to death and her 18-year-old brother injured after the scooter they were travelling on was hit by a tractor-trolley behind the Jaipuria mall in Indirapuram’s Niti Khand area on Monday.Divsa and her brother Pratham, residents of Ahinsa Khand 2, were on their way to a local market some time after noon when they approached a speeding tractor-trolley. Pratham, who was driving the scooter, allegedly attempted to overtake the tractor, but the vehicle struck the scooter from the side, causing the girl to come under its wheel. Pratham also fell off the scooter.ACP (Indirapuram) Suryabali Maurya said that a passerby reported the incident on the police helpline number around 12.30pm. A team reached the spot and rushed the brother-sister duo to a nearby hospital, where the girl later succumbed to her injuries. Her brother, who sustained only minor injuries, is stable.The accused driver fled the spot before cops arrived, abandoning the tractor. A team has been formed to nab him, and cops are also checking the CCTV cameras of nearby areas, police said. Family members refused an autopsy but will be filing a police complaint soon, following which an FIR will be registered in the case, police added.
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