Kolkata, Jan 13 (PTI) A school student was killedtoday when a trailer hit her in the CGR Road here todayfollowing which local people blocked the road to protestagainst the mishap, police said.
Ashmina Parvin (15), a student of Arya ParishadSchool, was knocked down by a trailer when she was moving onthe CGR Road in the West Port police station limits at around9.50 am, a senior officer of Kolkata Police saidThe girl was severely injured and was declared broughtdead when taken to the SSKM hospital, he said adding that thedriver of the vehicle was arrested.
Following the girl's death, locals including studentsof Arya Parishad School resorted to road blockade protestingagainst the mishap, he said.
"They demanded immediate action against such vehiclesplying dangerously through the area. The agitation waspeaceful and it was withdrawn after we intervened into thematter," the officer said. PTI SCHRG.
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