ghaziabad a 40yearold woman riding pillion fell off a scooter and was crushed to death under the wheels of a truck in shalimar garden on monday morningdelhi resident mahima ahmad was on her way to her uncles home in ghaziabad when the accident occurred on bhopura road near bhagwan das public school around 1130am she was on a scooter with her brotherinlaw and his eightyearold sonpolice said mahimas brotherinlaw who was driving the scooter tried to overtake the truck from the left when he slammed the brakes suddenly mahima lost her balance slipped from the seat and came under the rear wheels of the truck which was loaded with lpg cylinders ramanand kushwaha adcp traffic said the driver of the truck and his helper fled after the accident leaving the vehicle behind preliminary investigation revealed the truck was headed for bhopura the scooter tried to overtake the truck from the left when the twowheelers driver had to slam the brakes for lack of space the woman was badly crushed under the wheels he addedravi shankar pandey the sho of shalimar garden police station said a few passerby informed them about the accident by the time a police team reached the spot she had died we are looking for the truck driver and helper he addedfollowing a complaint by the brotherinlaw an fir was registered against unknown persons under sections 304a death due to negligence and 279 rash driving of the ipc we have formed two teams one to trace the accused and another to scan cctv footage of nearby areas to get leads we are also checking details of the vehicle from its registration number pandey told toion august 9 the relative of an ips officer was killed in an accident on nh9 akshit mishra of indirapuram was riding a bike when he crashed into a truckaccording to police data ghaziabad has reported 386 accidents till may 30 this year there have been 124 fatalities in these accidents