An 18-year-old girl riding a two-wheeler was killed and her friend who was riding pillion was seriously injured on Saturday when they were hit by a speeding bus on a bridge in Nagpur city of Maharashtra, police said.
The girls and their male friend, all students of an engineering college, were returning home on separate two-wheelers after taking part in a walkathon in the morning.
"When they were crossing the Mangalwari flyover, a bus came from the opposite direction and rammed into a two-wheeler. The girl rider fell on the road and came under the wheels of the bus. Her friend who was riding pillion suffered serious injuries. Both the girls were rushed to a hospital where one of them died. The condition of the other girl is critical," police said.
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