A 5-year-old boy who was hit by a speeding car at Bhopal-Indore highway under Khajuri police station area died while undergoing treatment on Wednesday.
According to the police the deceased Arman Khan resident of Kolukhedi village died at Hamidia hospital late in the night on Wednesday, he was hit by a speeding car.
Police said that the accident took place on October 22 while the victim was returning home after from a grocery shop and was hit by a speeding car while crossing the road. The errant driver escaped the spot after hitting the deceased.
The injured victim was rushed to Hamidia hospital where he died in the night on Wednesday.
The body was sent for the post mortem after the preliminary investigation and a case under section 304 A of the IPC was registered by the police. The police have started search for the errant driver.
The father of the victim works as labour and was at work at the time of the incident.
Meanwhile, a 22-year-old youth drowned in a well at Semra Kalan village under Beraisia police station area on Thursday.
The deceased Jai Narayan had gone to the well at his farms for having water but accidentally fell in the well and drowned. later he was pulled out of the well and rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
Police said that the well was filled to a higher level and bites marks which were possibly of fishes in the well were found over the body. The deceased was not aware of swimming.
The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.