Gurugram, Aug 28 (PTI) A two-year-old girl was killed and her mother was injured allegedly after they were hit by a speeding truck on Delhi-Jaipur highway in Manesar, police said on Monday.

According to a complaint filed by the woman's husband Govind Das Kewat, the incident took place near IMT Chowk flyover on Saturday when he was returning with his wife and daughter.

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“I was going to my village on August 26 with my wife Jayanti and two-year-old daughter Hansika. At around 2 pm, we were crossing the highway. When a speeding truck hit my wife and daughter,” Kewat said in his complaint.

The injured were taken to a civil hospital, Gurugram from where the minor was referred to PGIMS in Rohtak where she died during the treatment on Sunday, said Kewar, a native of Madhya Pradesh who works in Manesar as a labourer.

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An FIR was registered against an unidentified truck driver under sections 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 304-A (death due to negligence) of the IPC at Manesar police station on Sunday, said police.

A senior police officer said they were trying to nab the accused driver. The body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem on Monday.

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