Summary:
Tirupur: A truck ran over a 13-year-old girl after hitting the motorcycle in which she was riding pillion near Palladam in the district on Tuesday.Nalini, daughter of R Saravana Kumar and Sharatha Mani, was a resident of Krishna Nagar near Karadivavi. As the crowd gathered, the truck driver abandoned the vehicle and ran away.The Palladam police have registered a case and further investigations are on. When they reached Periyapalam on Palladam-Tirupur road, a truck which came behind hit the two-wheeler, said the police.All the three fell from the vehicle and the truck ran over Nalini. Palladam MLA A Natarajan who came on the way helped to take Nalini to Palladam government hospital, where she was declared brought dead by doctors. Later, Saravana picked up his wife and their youngest daughter and went to their house in Krishna Nagar..