8-year-old Falls Under Army School Vehicle
The Neredmet police said they were yet to ascertain the cause of the accident
Hyderabad: An eight-year-old Army Public School student was killed in a road accident at Officers’ Colony, RK Puram, on Tuesday morning after falling from a scooter and being run over by an Army school vehicle. His mother, who was riding the scooter, sustained fracture injuries and is undergoing treatment.
The incident occurred around 7.30 am when the woman was on her way to drop her son at school. Video footage shows the scooter moving along a narrow, uneven stretch of road. As the vehicle negotiated the surface, it lost balance and the woman fell, directly in the driver’s blind spot on the left side. The child, seated as a pillion rider, fell moments later. Neither was wearing a helmet.
The Army school bus halted within a short distance, but its front tyre had already run over the boy. He sustained fatal injuries and died on the spot.
The woman was shifted to the Army Hospital with fractures and is reported to be stable. Police said they are relying on her statement to establish the sequence of events. The child’s body was sent for postmortem examination. His father, serving in Jammu and Kashmir, has been informed and is travelling to Hyderabad.
Police registered a case under BNS sections 106(1) and 125 based on a complaint lodged by a relative. The investigation is underway.