Bengaluru, Aug 13 (DHNS): A 13-year-old girl succumbed to grievous head injuries after a slide crashed on her at a BBMP park in M V J Layout, Mahadevapura, on Saturday.
The police said that the victim, Priya Gowda, and her two friends sneaked into the park which was locked as work on installing the slide was underway.
Priya fell off the ladder of the slide - which was not fixed to the ground - and the slide immediately crashed on her.
The incident occurred at 4.35 pm. Priya's friends and a few neighbours took her home. Priya's parents then rushed her to a hospital in Kaggadaspura, where she was declared dead on arrival.
Priya’s father Subramanya is a real estate agent and her mother Vijayakumari is a homemaker. They are residents of Baddi Krishnapappa Layout. The victim was a Class VIII student of MDB School.
Case booked
Though the park was locked, there were no warning signs.
Based on the complaint by Priya’s parents, the police booked a case of criminal negligence against the BBMP official concerned and the contractor.