A 15-year-old girl from Naigaon died in an accident on the Western Express Highway near NESCO at Goregaon east on Sunday. Police said the deceased, Kirti Umesh Yadav, along with her sister Mamta, 17, and a friend, were going on a bike to Naigaon when a crane hit them.

The accident happened around 6.30 pm when the friend was on the way to drop them home at Rashmi Tower in Naigaon. The police said the trio fell on the road and Kirti was crushed under the tyre of the crane.