A high school student was crushed under the wheels of a truck when she was cycling to her tutor's house in Jalpaiguri town today.
The accident took place at Park More in Jalpaiguri town when Rhea Sarkar fell from her cycle and was run over by a speeding truck.
The class ix student was on way to her tutor's house alongwith her brother.
Her brother escaped unhurt.
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Meanwhile, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident and instructed officials to ensure adequate medical treatment of the injured.
Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao and other public representatives from the Adilabad district interacted with relatives of the deceased at the hospital where the bodies were kept.
Harish Rao said he has spoken to Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan over the mishap. "The relatives of the deceased want to conduct the last rites in Adilabad itself," he said.
