India, Oct. 28 -- A six-year-old girl on her way to school died after being hit by a speeding tractor and then being run over by her school bus in Bilaspur on Monday morning, police said.

The deceased, identified as Yashika, an upper kindergarten student of a private school in Bilaspur, was killed around 7.20am in Dinokri village, moments after she stepped out of her home to board the bus, officers added.

According to investigators, as soon as Yashika reached the single-lane village road, a speeding tractor hit her, flinging her several feet in the air. At the same moment, her school bus, which had arrived to pick her up, approached the spot.

A senior police officer said the girl landed right in front of the bus, leaving the driver no ...