Ludhiana, Oct. 6 -- A 14-year-old handball player died in a road accident on Jassian Road on Monday evening, a day before she was scheduled to represent Ludhiana in a state-level tournament in Bathinda. Anshika Rai, a Class 9 student of Alpine School, was on her way to the school for a handball practice session when she fell from the scooter and was crushed under the wheels of a tractor-trolley coming from behind, police said.

According to Jagatpuri police post in-charge Sukhwinder Singh, Anshika was riding pillion on the scooter with a relative towards Alpine School when they reached near Bhalwan Da Dhaba. At the same time, a motorcycle was approaching from the opposite direction while the tractor-trolley carrying bricks was passing thr...