LUDHIANA: A 14-year-old handball player and Class IX student, who was on her way to school on Monday evening for a handball practice session, was mowed down by a tractor-trolley on Jassian Road.The girl was to play in a state-level handball tournament in Bathinda on Tuesday. The victim, Anshika Rai, was riding pillion on a scooter with a relative.As they reached near Bhalwan Da Dhaba on Jassian Road, Anshika’s relative applied the brakes suddenly to avoid a collision with a bike approaching from the opposite direction.The scooter and the bike lost control, following which Anshika fell on the road. Meanwhile, a tractor-trolley laden with bricks ran over her, killing her.Haibowal police said the statements of the victim’s family were being recorded to register an FIR.
