MADURAI: A 21-year-old woman died after a garbage collection truck belonging to the Madurai Corporation hit a scooter she was riding pillion on here on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as B Durgadevi, 21, of Prasanna Colony in Avaniyapuram.
The accident happened at Lakshmipuram 6th Junction when Durgadevi was travelling with her father, R Babulal. The woman fell on the road after the truck hit the scooter. She was rushed to Government Rajaji Hospital. Doctors, who checked her, declared that she had been brought dead.
Based on a complaint from Babulal, the traffic investigation wing police registered a case against truck driver M Pandi of Sellur.