A five–year-old boy was crushed under the wheels of a car which was reversing outside a Dusshera fair venue in north-west Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh on Sunday.
Child falls down
The police said the child, Devesh, was a resident of Shalimar Bagh village and was accompanied by his father Parvesh, an e-rickshaw driver and his mother Aarti at the time of the accident. The incident happened after the child fell from the mother’s hold.
Sources said the incident happend around 8 p.m. when Devesh wanted to get his picture clicked. After the main event — the burning of effigies of the demon king Ravana — was over and the family was done visiting the stalls of the fair, they found themselves caught between scores of people trying to make an exit.
As people pushed each other to make their way to the exit, Devesh fell from Aarti’s hand. Meanwhile a car that happend to be reversing at the exact moment crushed the child.
Driver gets bail
The errant driver, who had failed to spot the child, immediately stopped the car when he realised what had happened. He rushed the child to Fortis Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
The police was informed who then visited the hospital and registered a case against the driver. His car was also seized but he was later released on bail.
The driver Vivek, a 19-year-old B.Com student, was charged under Section 304 (A) (causing death by negligence) of the IPC.
In a similar incident, a two-year-old boy was allegedly mowed down by a speeding car in north-west Delhi’s Maurya Enclave on Saturday evening. The police said that the accused has been arrested.
