Mohali, July 17 -- A woman riding pillion on a motorcycle died after being hit by a speeding tractor-trailer near the underbridge on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway on Tuesday.

The victim was identified as Meenakshi, a resident of Delhi.

Complainant, Manjeet, told the police that he was on his way to drop Meenakshi at the Zirakpur swimming pool after she had come to visit his sister. As they approached the underbridge, a tractor trailer loaded with bricks sped past them from the Derabassi side.

"I asked the driver to slow down and drive carefully, but moments later, he tried to overtake us aggressively and ended up hitting our motorcycle. We fell, and the bricks loaded on the trailer hit us. I couldn't note down the number of the vehicle...