Chandigarh A 19-year-old girl crossing the road was run overby a speeding SUV being driven by a 21-year-old girl on Dakshin Marg onTuesday.

The victim has been identified as Akshita Abrol of Udhampurin Jammu and Kashmir. She had moved to Chandigarh a month ago to take coachingclasses for banking exams in Sector 34 and was staying in Sector 21. Herparents run a grocery shop in Udhampur.The accused has been identified asNihaar Kaur Virk, who resides in Sector 10, and was driving a Mahindra Thar.She is in the final year of bachelors in commerce at Goswami Ganesh DuttaSanatan Dharma College, Sector 32. Her father is in the merchant navy, said police.Akshitawas going to Sector 34 from Sector 21 when the accident took place.

“Akshita was crossing the road from the Sector 21 side whilethe speeding Thar came from the Sector 22/35 side and hit her. The girl wascrushed under the its tyres,” said a police official privy to the matter.ParveshBhardwaj, an eyewitness, said: “The SUV was being driven at around 100 km perhour.” Eyewitnesses said the accused was accompanied by a boy.

A case has been registered under Sections 304A (causingdeath due to negligence) and 279 (rash driving) of the Indian Penal Code.Nihaar was arrested and later released on bail, said police.