MUMBAI: An eight-year-old boy crossing a highway was killed after being run over by an SUV in Bandra (W) on Sunday afternoon. Police arrested the motorist, Megha Rawal, a 45-year-old nutritionist, and registered an FIR underneath BNS for ‘culpable murder not amounting to homicide’ in addition to the Motor Automobiles Act for ‘harmful driving.’Police mentioned the mishap occurred at St John Baptist Street close to Jijamata Backyard when Ansh Gupta, a category 3 pupil from close by Kadeshwari space, was returning house after taking part in in a backyard. He was making an attempt to cross the highway when he was hit by the SUV round 2.15-2.30 pm, police mentioned.Bystanders raised an alarm, after which Rawal, who hails from a enterprise household, halted the car somewhat forward. An auto driver then lifted the kid into the SUV. Rawal then took the kid to Holy Household Hospital the place he succumbed round 3.45 pm.Police had been knowledgeable and he or she was taken into custody. Gupta’s mother and father had been knowledgeable of the crash. The kid’s physique will likely be despatched for a autopsy examination. Specialists from RTO will likely be known as by Bandra police to look at the SUV and to find out the precise explanation for the crash.In a separate crash earlier this 12 months, a four-year-old boy died after an SUV rammed into him within the basement of his housing society in Malad (E).Laksh Singh, the sufferer, was the one little one of his mother and father and was taking part in within the basement with buddies. Police mentioned the accused walked away with out taking him to a health care provider. It was additionally learnt that the accused had been warned by Singh’s household prior to now towards rash driving contained in the society compound, however to no avail.
