Mangaluru, Jan 13: Recklessness of an Eicher lorry driver claimed the life of a schoolgirl who had just alighted from an auto-rickshaw and started walking at Papethadka near Nerimogru village in Puttur taluk on Thursday.
The girl was crushed under the front wheels of the lorry that was plying from Kaniyoor to Puttur. Local residents, who witnessed the accident, immediately arranged an auto-rickshaw to take her to a hospital in Puttur.
Unfortunately, the auto-rickshaw stopped halfway through as it ran out of fuel. She was then shifted to the jeep of Arun Kumar Puthila, a local resident. However, the girl breathed her last before reaching the hospital.
The body was handed over the family after conducting post mortem at Puttur government hospital. A case has been registered at Puttur Rural police station.
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