Hyderabad: Lumbini toy car hits boy, drags him

Hyderabad: A five-year-old boy was injured when a toy car hit him and dragged him for a few metres on the electric car railing at Lumbini Park on Sunday evening.

Though the rail has been fenced off. a child can easily walk across since there are huge gaps between iron bars. Unnoticed by his parents, Banaj Krishna was crossing the rail when an approaching car hit him. Saifabad police officials said the injuries were not serious, and his condition was stable.

The family of a boy who was injured when a toy car hit him and dragged him for a few metres did not lodge a police complaint as his father Ram Babu, an IT professional in Singapore, had to catch a flight in the night.

According to the police, Krishna and his parents were heading to the toy car ticket counter when the incident occurred.

“Though a few people noticed him crossing and alerted the operators to stop the machine, they could not do it instantly,” said Saifabad police sub-inspector V. Venkata Narayanan.

Lumbini Park officials said necessary precautions had been taken for the toy cars and the child had entered the restricted area when nobody was noticing.