Mohali, April 7 -- A three-year-old girl was killed and five other passengers suffered minor injuries after a speeding auto-rickshaw overturned in Jhampur village on Saturday.

Ghulam Haider, father of the deceased, said he, along with his wife and daughter Fazilat Fatima, had boarded an auto from Dadumajra, Chandigarh, for Mohali. Three passengers were already sitting in the three-wheeler.

Haider said the auto-rickshaw was being driven at high speed, and as it reached near Jhampur gurdwara, the driver lost control of the vehicle due to a speed-breaker, causing it to overturn.

As the passengers fell out of the vehicle, the toddler got crushed under it while others escaped with minor injuries. Onlookers swiftly lifted the auto and rushed...