Mohali, March 20 -- A five-year-old girl lost her life in a road accident in Dera Bassi on Wednesday. The incident took place on the Chandigarh-Ambala national highway near a hotel.

The girl, Aaradhya Bansal, was returning home from school with her grandfather, Upesh Bansal, on a scooter. While overtaking a stationary truck on the service lane, the scooter was hit by a speeding canter from the rear, trapping the girl between two heavy vehicles. She died on the spot, while her grandfather sustained minor injuries.

The canter driver fled the scene abandoning the vehicle. Police have seized the canter and registered a case, initiating a search for the driver.

The victim's parents run a private school in Dera Bassi. The tragic incident has...