AGRA: Police motor-bike was set on fire, while scores of other vehicles were vandalised and heavy stone pelting was reported in Aligarh city after an eight-year-old girl was crushed to death by a speeding truck.The incident took place at around 8.30am on Khair bypass road, when the victim identified as Vanshika Upadhyaya, class II student of Gagan Public School of Bannadevi police jurisdiction, was heading school along with her mother Reena Upadhyaya on a two-wheeler.According to an eyewitness, the girl fell on the road from scooty and came under the wheels of a speeding truck, after the truck driver attempted to overtake the two-wheeler. After the accident, the accused driver fled away leaving the truck behind, which was later seized by local police. Though soon violence broke out in the area.Speaking to TOI, Neeraj Kumar Jadaun , additional superintendent of police Aligarh said, “The accident trigger violence in the area. The mob pelted stones on police team set our vehicle on fire and vandalised scores of other private vehicles. A heavy police force was roped in to maintain law and order in the area.”“We have sent the victim’s body for post-mortem and have lodged two FIRs for rash driving and death caused by negligence against the unknown truck driver who fled away. The second FIR has been lodged against the unidentified men who were involved in vandalism and arson. Our team have managed to grab video footage to identify the men involved in violence,” he added.Victim Vanshika Upadhyaya was resident of Surendar Nagar, Delhi gate area and was the eldest daughter of Sri Prakash Upadhyaya. Her mother Reena is a school teacher in which Vanshika studied. According to police, at the time of the accident, Reena was travelling along with two children Vanshika and a son.

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