Ludhiana, March 7 -- A Class XI student was killed after a speeding tanker rammed into the scooter she was riding with her father near Mata Rani Chowk on Friday morning while they were on their way to the Ludhiana railway station to board a train to Bihar. The tanker driver abandoned the vehicle at the spot and fled following the accident.

According to police, the deceased has been identified as Rashmi, 17, a resident of Masihha village in Nalanda district of Bihar. She had come to Ludhiana during the Holi holidays to visit her father, Mithlesh, who has been working in the city for the past 15 years and lives here in rented accommodation.

Rashmi was heading to the railway station with her father on a scooter to catch a train scheduled a...