An infant was crushed to death by a truck in south Delhi’s Mehrauli area on Saturday morning after she slipped out of her mother’s hand while she was waiting at a bus stop. The driver of the truck was arrested following the incident. The incident was reported around 12.30 pm on Saturday, when the child’s mother had taken her out and was waiting for a bus near the Phoolwali Gali. The child had slipped out of her grip and started playing in the area used for parking trucks adjacent to the bus stop.
Police sources said one of the drivers was reversing his truck to park the vehicle, when he did not notice the child and crushed her under the wheels. locals said hearing the child shrieking from behind the truck, they rushed to the spot. The mother, who works as a maid nearby, took her to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared her to be dead on arrival. The truck driver, meanwhile, fled from the spot but was arrested a few hours later. Police said that a case of negligent driving and causing death has been registered against him.