16-Yr-Old Girl Killed, Two Injured as Truck Hits School Goers in UP; Kin, Students Protest

Raebareli (UP): A 16-year-old girl lost her life, and two others teenagers were injured in Raebareli on Saturday morning when a speeding truck struck them while they were cycling to school, according to police.

The victims' family members, villagers, and the school's students angered over the incident and staged a sit-in protest.

The accident occurred near Pyarepur turn in Salon police station area of Raebareli district.

Shailja died on the spot, while two other girls Kanchan (17) and Aarti (16) got injured and were admitted to the district hospital, they said.

The victims were students of a government-aided school in Raebareli, they added.

Family members of the girls and villagers started protesting on the Raebareli-Pratapgarh road. A large number of girl students of the school also joined them and sat on the road in protest, the police said.

Traffic on the stretch was disrupted for a long time before police officials intervened and pacified the protestors.

Salon Circle Officer Salon Pradeep Kumar said the villagers called off the protest after they were pacified.

He said that the body of the deceased has been sent for postmortem, and added that the search for the truck driver is on.