Nagpur, Jul 5 (PTI) A speeding truck crushed to death a 22-year-old woman crossing a road in Kamptee area of Nagpur in Maharashtra on Monday, police said.

A police officer said the truck driver failed to spot the woman who was crossing the road from the front side of the truck.

A case was registered in New Kamptee police station under sections 279 (Rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304 (a) (causing death by negliigence) of the Indian Penal Code.

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