Lorry hits scooter: Student dies
Bengaluru, July 22: A college student died and her sister sustained minor injuries when a cement mixing lorry hit their scooter from the rear at VV Puram police station limits in the city on Sunday.
The victim is identified as Preethi (19) of Cotton Pet. She was studying in B Com. Her sister Lavanya sustained minor injuries and undergoing treatment in a hospital. Both the sisters were going to Lalbagh on the scooter via Kumbigal road at 7.30 am for walking. Lavanya was riding the scooter and Preethi was the pillion. The lorry hit their scooter from the rear and both of them fell on the road and Preethi crushed under the wheel of the lorry. But the lorry driver was absconding soon after the incident. VV Puram police visited the spot and registered a case.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
