Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (EP)
Bengaluru, Dec 17: A fourteen year old boy died after a container lorry ran over him and other people sleeping on a footpath. Fourteen people are injured in this incident.
The incident took place in Nelamangala traffic police station limits on Monday morning, December 17 near Jos Toll on Tumkur to Bengaluru NH 6.
The deceased boy is identified as Jothu Chowhan(14).
Jothu Chowhan
Among the injured, a woman has sustained serious injuries. The others have escaped with minor injuries.
Fifteen members of a family who hail from Maharashtra had slept on the footpath. The speeding container lorry ran over them. The seriously injured woman has been admitted to Victoria Hospital.
The driver who caused the accident has fled with the lorry.
Nelamangala traffic police have registered a case.