Mother, girl die after lorry hits two-wheeler

CHENNAI: A woman and her daughter died on Monday of injuries sustained when their two-wheeler was hit by a tipper lorry near Semmenchery on Sunday evening.
Police said Ganesan of Tsunami Nagar in Semmenchery, a security officer at a private firm, was returning home from Sholinganallur with his wife Vijayalakshmi and daughter Rithika, 11, on his motorbike when a lorry coming in the opposite direction hit their two-wheeler at Kumaran Nagar.The lorry driver fled the scene.
A few passersby took the three to a private hospital where Vijayalakshmi and Rithika died on Monday morning. Ganesan is still in hospital.
The Guindy traffic investigation police have registered a case and are investigating.