India, April 8 -- A seven-year-old girl was killed after being run over by a dumper truck near the Oscar Hospital in Charkop, Kandivali, on Tuesday afternoon. The driver fled the scene with the vehicle but was arrested a few hours later, the police said.

The victim, identified as Ritika Chavan, was a Class 2 student at a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run school. According to the Charkop police, she was walking home with her friends after school when the accident occurred. Eyewitnesses said the accident was so severe that the girl died instantly, leaving passersby and residents in a shock.

The incident angered local residents who gathered at the spot and blocked the road, saying that there was a lack of traffic police. "There ...