A 20-year-old Std XII student from VG Vaze (Kelkar) College died on Thursday after allegedly being hit by a truck in the Amar Nagar area of Mulund West. The victim, identified as Shalu Rohitkumar Yadav, was a resident of Amar Nagar and lived with her parents and two siblings. According to her father, despite challenging circumstances, she had excelled academically, scoring high marks in her Std X exams, which helped her secure admission to Kelkar College.

Every day after class, Shalu would walk to the nearby Piramal Towers, where her uncle worked as a watchman, to give him his lunch tiffin. On Thursday, she left home around 11.15 am and while crossing the Shriram Pada service road, a speeding truck hit her. According to the Mulund police, the truck was traveling at high speed and ran over Shalu, killing her instantly. The tiffin box she was carrying flew across the road but remained intact and unopened.