Bengaluru, March 21 – In a tragic incident in Bengaluru North taluk, a four-year-old girl was killed in a road accident on Saturday after a speeding truck hit her.
Her mother and younger sibling escaped unharmed.
The accident occurred in Hanumanthegowdanapalya, near the town of Nelamangala, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, when a speeding truck allegedly ran over the child in front of her mother.
The deceased has been identified as Nishika, the elder daughter of Rajendra and Lavanya.
According to police, Lavanya was walking to the Anjaneya Swamy temple in Gollahalli with her children after celebrating Ugadi.
She was carrying her younger child and holding Nishika's hand as they were heading for darshan.
Police said the accident occurred when a truck, reportedly driven at high speed on a narrow road, hit the child due to the driver's negligence.
While the vehicle approached the mother and the children, Lavanya and the younger child managed to escape unharmed. Nishika, however, died on the spot.
Following the incident, angry locals gathered at the scene, vandalized the truck by smashing its windows, and attacked the driver before handing him over to the police.
A case has been registered at the Madanayakanahalli Police Station. The police have taken the driver and the vehicle into custody and have launched further investigation.
It may be recalled that two children, including a toddler, were killed in Bengaluru on February 11 after a school bus collided with a scooter. Nagana Gowda, a constable, was riding the scooter when the accident took place.
The incident was caught on CCTV, showing the constable waiting at an intersection when the bus hit him and ran over the children. The mishap near the police quarters in Thanisandra claimed the lives of a two-year-old girl and a four-year-old child.
On February 16, a two-year-old boy was killed after a speeding car collided with a stationary scooter in the K.R. Pura locality. The child, who fell onto the road due to the impact, was reportedly run over by the same vehicle.
The victim, Trishan, a resident of Yelahanka, was travelling with his relative, Vijayalaxmi, and her son, Badri.
The incident occurred at 6:10 p.m. on the Kittaganur-Maragindanahalli main road. The family was heading towards the Shiva temple in Maragondanahalli when the speeding car crashed into the scooter.