An eight-year-old boy was killed after he was knocked down and run over by an SUV driven by a woman who was distracted while speaking on her mobile phone at the time of incident, according to reports. Police have identified the deceased boy as as Ansh Ravindra Gupta, 8, while the accused woman has been identified as Megha Rawal, 45, news agency PTI reported. Police arrested the driver of the SUV and further investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash is underway. According to police, the incident took place in the afternoon on John Baptist Road, opposite Jijamata Garden, when the boy, Ansh Ravindra Gupta, was crossing the road. “Rawal drove the vehicle recklessly at an excessive speed and, while distracted on a phone call, forcefully knocked Gupta down and ran the vehicle over him,” a police official said, according to PTI. The child suffered severe injuries in the accident and was rushed to Holy Family Hospital. However, doctors declared him d...
Several gas cylinders were tossed in the air after a speeding car hit an LPG cyliner supplier's cart in Delhi, a shocking CCTV footage of the incident showed. The man behind the wheel, a minor, allegedly hit a 6-year-old girl before ramming the cylinder cart.
The impact of the collision stopped the car after which locals caught the driver and informed the police. The accident happened in in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area on Monday, police said.
The speeding car while passing by a school first hit the girl from the side. The car then took a right turn and hit the cylinder-laden cart from behind.
The injured cylinder supplier Ram Kumar was shifted to Jahangirpuri's BJRM Hospital. The girl was under treatment at Shalimar Bagh's Jhamb Multi Specility Hospital. Both the injured have been discharged now.
During investigation, the age of the driver was found to be 17 years. He lives in Singhalpur village and works in a private company, the police said.
The police have given a notice to the vehicle owner and called him to join the investigation.
We will file a case under the Motor Vehicles Act and other sections based on the statement of the victims, police said.
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