Car driver Mohammad Shaikh (27) took her to Habib Hospital where she was declared dead around 6 pm.
The driver did not attempt to flee and was arrested and remanded in police custody. “She was playing near the footpath at a corner of the road. Khan said he did not see the girl. She was crushed under the left front wheel,” said police naik N S Patil.
In another accident, Laxmi Shinde, 35, was knocked down by a speeding water tanker while she was trying to cross R C Road at Vashi Naka, Chembur. Truck driver Shashi Kapoor tried to flee, but was nabbed by passersby. He was arrested and remanded in judicial custody, police said. “We have charged Kapoor with rash driving,” said senior inspector Dilip Yadav of RCF police station.