Ludhiana, April 10 -- A six-year-old girl was killed and two women travelling in the same car were seriously injured after a speeding truck rammed into their stationary vehicle, which had stopped following a flat tyre on the National Highway near Khanna on Thursday.

According to police, a Patiala-based family was returning home after attending a wedding in Ludhiana when their car developed a flat tyre after hitting a pothole on the Khanna stretch. The driver pulled the vehicle over to the roadside to replace the tyre. While the car was stationary, a speeding truck coming from behind crashed into it with great force, causing the vehicle to overturn multiple times.

Navdeep Kaur, 6, died on the spot. Her aunt Sharanjit Kaur and another rel...