Woman dies after falling from running van

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Sangareddy: A 30-year-old woman has died after she fell from a running van while alighting at Toopran in Medak district, police said today.

The woman - Kalavathi used to go to different villages to sell clothes in weekly markets, said Vighneshwar, circle-inspector, Toopran police station.

Yesterday after attending one such market she along with her nine-year-old daughter boarded a van to return to Toopran, the officer said.

When her destination came, she asked the driver to stop the van and tried to alight from the running vehicle. She fell down and died at spot, Vigneshwar said, adding a probe was on.