A girl student was mowed down by a truck on the National Highway-71 in Machhrauli village, about 17 km away from here, last evening. The truck driver managed to speed away after the mishap under the cover of darkness.
Infuriated over the incident, a large numbers of residents of the village blocked the Jhajjar-Rewari road for about three hours and demanded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to kin of the girl besides immediate arrest of the truck driver. The deceased, identified as Ekta, was pursuing computer course from a private institute in Jhajjar city. The mishap took place when she was coming back to her home after attending her computer classes. After getting down from a roadways bus when Ekta was crossing the National Highway, the speedy truck knocked her down. She reportedly died on the spot.
As the news of Ekta’s death in a roadside accident spread in the village, a large number of people began gathering on the spot and blocked the vehicular traffic on the National Highway to protest the accident leading long queue of vehicles on both sides of the road.