A one-and-a-half-year-old girl died after she was run over by a reversing Dimo Batta close to her home in Maradamuna, Kalmunai, on Saturday morning.
According to police, after the accident, the toddler was admitted to the Maradamuna Government Hospital where she died. She was identified as Saara Mohamed of Periya Nilaawani, Kalmunai.
The driver of lorry was arrested by Kalmunai Police and was to be produced before the Magistrate’s Court in Kalmunai.
The postmortem was to be carried out yesterday. Kalmunai Police are investigating.