Ballia (UP): A four-year-old girl died in Amhar Patti Dakshin village of Ballia district after being hit by a tractor loaded with soil, police said on Saturday.
According to police, the deceased, identified as Srishti, had gone to Rasra with her mother on Friday to shop for the Chhath festival. Upon returning home in the evening, her mother went inside, while Srishti began playing by the roadside outside their house.
A tractor loaded with soil was passing by at the time, and it hit the girl, police said, adding that she sustained severe injuries.
Her family members immediately rushed her to the community health centre in Rasra, where doctors declared her dead.
Following the incident, the tractor driver fled the scene, police said.
Upon receiving information about the incident, police arrived at the spot, seized the tractor and sent the body of the deceased to the district hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Rasra SHO Kaushal Pathak said that based on a complaint filed by the girl’s grandfather, Ramesh Chandra, a case had been registered against the unidentified driver of the tractor under the relevant sections of the BNS.
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