India, June 14 -- A 21-year-old D.Pharma student walking on footpath died after being hit by a car near Atrashee Society in Sukhsagar area of Katraj on Friday afternoon, a police official said.

Shreya Yeole of Khandoba Temple area in Kondhwa was returning home from her internship at a private clinic in Gokulnagar around 2.30pm when the incident occurred.

Eyewitnesses said the car driver lost control, climbed footpath and the woman was trapped between a tree and the four-wheeler.

"She died on the spot. The car involved in the accident belonged to a private fleet operator and was assigned to one Satish Honmane, though it was being driven at the time of the incident by Dattatray Gadekar, who allegedly does not have a licence," the Bharti ...