5-year-old run over by truck

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: In a heart-wrenching incident, a five-year-old child died after being run over by a truck in City Market Traffic Police Station limits on Monday.

The incident took place around 12 pm when the child, Hashvanth, was playing near Siddaiah Road where a truck was parked.

After a while the driver returned and started the ignition unaware that the child was playing under the truck. As the driver moved the truck, the child fell and got crushed under the wheels.

It was too late until the passers by rushed to the boy's help. The driver escaped from the spot leaving his truck behind.

The jurisdictional traffic police have taken up a case against the driver and are on a look out for him.