In the early hours on Sunday, a second year PUC student riding to tuition was killed on the spot after a truck knocked down and ran over her at Jaraganahalli near JP Nagar in southern Bengaluru. The truck driver abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene after the accident. The Police identified the deceased as Neha Bhat, 18, a residence of Yelachenahalli. She left her Yelachenahalli home around 5.30 am and reached KR Road 15 minutes later when the accident occurred. Her father Prakash Kumar Bhatt, is a supervisor in a private firm. 
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According to the police, the accident occurred around 5:45 am. While the driver of a speeding truck tried to overtake her scooter but ended up ramming it. As soon as Neha fell to the ground, the front wheel of the truck ploughed into her abdomen, killing her on the spot. Chased by eyewitnesses, the truck driver abandoned the vehicle and took to his heels. Passersby called the jurisdictional Kumaraswamy Layout traffic police which rushed to the spot and shifted the body for post-mortem. The driver managed to run away though some passers-by gave him a chase, the police said. They have seized the vehicle and are looking out for the 

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