A 21-year-old woman doctor died after being run over by a vehicle when she fell off a two- wheeler as it slipped on a pothole in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place late Wednesday night when Neha Shaikh, a resident of Kudus village, who was supposed to get married next month, was on her way home from Bhiwandi town after making some purchases for her wedding, assistant police inspector Mahesh Sagde said.

While riding pillion on the two-wheeler being driven by her brother, she lost her balance and fell on the road when the vehicle skidded over a pothole near Dugadh junction. A truck passing by crushed her under its wheels, Sagde said, adding that the vehicle driver fled after the incident. An offence has been registered against the unidentified truck driver under Indian Penal Code Section 304-A (causing death by negligence), he said.