Dad accidentally squashes girl under truck

A Saudi man accidentally squashed his three-year-old daughter under the tyres of a full water tanker as he tried to move the vehicle back before setting out for work, a Saudi newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The father did not notice his daughter when she walked past the rear of the car to ask him to take her for a ride in the area south of the central town of Madina, Alriyadh Arabic language daily said.

“He did not see her…she was in the back of the truck when he reversed the vehicle and tried to set out…she was quashed under the tyres in a horrifying way…she was rushed to hospital but was already dead.”