Panchkula, July 22 -- Ten days after being hit by an unidentified car while trying to cross the Kalka road, a 15-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday.

Her father, a resident of HMT Colony, Bir Ghaggar, told the police that his daughter was crossing the road to visit the Mango Mela at Yadavindra Gardens, Pinjore, when the car hit her. Passersby rushed her to the civil hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula, where she was given first-aid before being referred to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).

While the family had initially not lodged a complaint, they approached the police after her death. A case has been registered against an unidentified car driver under Sections 106 (death by negligence) ...