A four-year-old girl was killed after she was knocked down by a school bus near her house in Arasinakunte on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday.
The victim, Varsha, a LKG student in a private school, had got down from the school bus along with her elder brother Prajwal (7). She walked to the right side of the bus to cross the road when the bus driver, Basavaraju, failed to notice her and started the vehicle, knocking her down. The driver sped away before passers-by could rush to help.
Varsha, who sustained severe head injuries, was rushed to a private hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.
The Nelamangala traffic police have registered a case of death due to negligence against Basavaraju and arrested him.