Chandigarh, Apr 18 (PTI) A 12-year-old girl student was killed while three others sustained injuries after they were hit by a bus while crossing a road at Mahilan Chowk in Punjab's Sangrur district on Monday, police said.

"A 12-year-old girl died in the incident while three other students were injured when the bus hit them while they were crossing the road to return home after school hours," a police official of the Chhajli police station in Sangrur said.

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He said the injured were hospitalised, of which two have been discharged while another one with serious injuries has been referred to a government hospital in Patiala.

Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expressed deep anguish and sorrow over the road accident.

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Mann announced a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the family of the girl and directed the district administration to provide free treatment to the injured.

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