NEW DELHI, Aug. 28 -- An eight-year-old girl died after an e-rickshaw carrying students overturned in northeast Delhi's Maujpur, police said Thursday.
The incident occurred around 7.30 am Wednesday when the speeding e-rickshaw hit a motorcycle and toppled, CCTV footage showed. The Class 3 student was declared dead at GTB Hospital. Her father said the child was being taken to school when the accident happened. The driver, after rushing her to hospital, fled. A case of rash driving and death by negligence has been registered, and teams are tracing him. Delhi has 1.2 lakh registered e-rickshaws, with
many unregistered.
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