Pune: Tanker runs over 8-year-old, driver held

PUNE: An eight-year-old girl was killed on Thursday morning after being run over by a tanker at Somatane near Talegaon Dabhade.
The Talegaon Dabhade police have identified the victim as Shravasti Gangawane of Sanket Vihar society, located at Somatane.
Tanker driver Santosh Temgire (40) of Dehu Road has been arrested, confirmed the police.
An officer from the Talegaon Dabhade police said Shravasti had gone to a grocery store next to her house around 9am.
“While returning home, she was hit by the tanker and came under its wheels,” he said, adding that Shravasti was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead by the doctors.