Madhepura: A 12 year-old girl was crushed to death by a truck near the district headquarters under Madhepura police station area in Bihar`s Madhepura district on Thursday.
The deceased, identified as Chanda Mani was riding on her bicycle on way to school when the vehicle crushed her under its wheels, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vijay Kumar said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, he said.

The girl was a class VII student of a government high school, Kumar said. Mani`s death sparked off protest by local people who blocked road traffic demanding compensation to her family. Senior police officials rushed to the spot to pacify the agitators. PTI