A two-and-a-half- year-old girl was crushed to death by a private school van in Gowrivakkam on Tuesday.
Police sources said the accident happened when S. Eswari, a resident of Vembuli Amman Koil Street in Gowrivakkam, went to drop her elder daughter Deeksha, aged 6.
She had also brought along her younger daughter, Sameeksha.
As she helped the older child get into the van, the younger one ran in front of it. Meanwhile, the driver started the vehicle and Sameeksha was caught under its wheels.
The driver fled the scene. The Chromepet traffic investigation police rushed to the spot and removed Sameeksha's body to the Government Hospital in Chromepet for a post-mortem examination.