Tragic Toll Booth Accident: Woman Loses Life Under Truck Wheels

A 28-year-old toll booth employee, Pooja Rathore, tragically lost her life in Ujjain, MP, after slipping and falling under a moving truck. The incident, captured on CCTV, occurred at Maxi Road toll plaza. The truck driver has been detained, and the victim's body returned to her family post-mortem.


PTI | Ujjain | Updated: 23-05-2024 21:57 IST | Created: 23-05-2024 21:57 IST
Tragic Toll Booth Accident: Woman Loses Life Under Truck Wheels
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A 28-year-old woman employee of a toll booth lost her life after she slipped near a counter and was run over by a truck in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Thursday, an official said. The incident occurred at the toll plaza on Maxi Road near Kaytha village.

CCTV footage of the toll booth shows the woman walking on an elevated platform towards a toll collection counter. Just when a truck passes next to the counter, victim Pooja Rathore loses her balance and falls on the lane. The rear wheels of the truck run over her head. Kaytha police station in-charge Jyoti Dixit said that the truck driver was detained after the woman's death in the accident.

The victim's body has been handed over to her relatives after post-mortem, she added.

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