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11-year-old girl dies after being hit by truck in Delhi, driver held

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A truck driver has been arrested in connection with a fatal road accident in central Delhi that claimed the life of an 11-year-old girl, police said on Monday.

The accused, Mohit Dalal, 27, a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana, was apprehended by a team on Sunday night, they said.

Police said Dalal was driving the offending truck at the time of the incident. “After completing due legal formalities, he was released on police bail,” a senior police officer said.

The truck involved in the accident, along with other vehicles linked to the case, has been seized and taken into police possession. Further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the accident, he said.

According to the police, the case pertains to an incident reported on Saturday night in the Patel Nagar area, where an 11-year-old girl was fatally hit by a vehicle near Shadipur Depot around 9.30 PM.

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Police on Sunday had reported that the offending vehicle in the incident was a bus and its driver was apprehended. However, sustained investigation has revealed the vehicle to be a truck.

Police said the investigation is ongoing.

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