AHMEDABAD: A girl died after falling from the terrace of a building in Ramol. The incident took place when she was flying a kite on Wednesday evening.

Eight-year-old Nidhi Chauhan, a resident of Bhimnath Society in Isanpur, was later declared dead at LG Hospital where she was rushed to after the incident.

According to Ramol police station officials, Nidhi, a class III student, was fond of flying kites and whenever she could lay her hands even on used kites and thread, she would rush upstairs and try to fly them. On Wednesday though, she became so engrossed that she tried to catch the kite when it went out of reach and plunged down from the two-storeyed building.

"She fell after her feet got caught in the thread on the floor. As she fell from the second storey, she sustained head injuries along with internal bleeding. She was rushed to LG Hospital where she succumbed late on Wednesday night," said a Ramol police station official.

The city police officials have cited the incident as the first Uttarayan-related accident to took place in the city. Last year, more than 45 incidents were reported on and before Uttarayan where people got injured due to fall from terraces or cut by the glass-laced thread.