Noida: A one-year-old boy died after being hit by a mini-truck carrying water bottles in Shahdara village in Sector 141 on Tuesday. The driver allegedly abandoned the vehicle at the spot and fled. Police reached the spot, seized the truck and sent the body for an autopsy.Police said the accident took place around 10.20am in a narrow lane near a T-junction, barely a few metres from the toddler’s house. The child, Shivraj, was playing near his house’s front door. His mother was in the kitchen keeping an eye on the child, but he eventually wandered further away, where he was struck by the reversing mini-truck.“By the time the driver noticed the child it was too late and he could not stop the vehicle.
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The rear wheel of the truck had run over the boy, leaving him with grievous injuries on his head,” a police officer associated with the investigation said. His mother rushed out of the house and pulled him out from beneath the vehicle. She raised an alarm for help.Police said the driver allegedly left the vehicle and escaped after realising that the child had been run over. The family and neighbours called the police on the emergency helpline. The toddler was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead.Police said efforts were underway to identify and trace the driver. A case has been registered against the driver for negligence and rash driving at Sector 142 police station on the basis of a complaint filed by the toddler’s family. His father, Sunny Modi, originally from Dehra village in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district, is a labourer and was away at work when the accident happened.
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