A five-year-old girl died after her head hit a window inside an SUV in which she was travelling in. The vehicle rammed into a road divider near Platinum Plaza under TT Nagar police station area late in the night on Saturday.
Police said that family members of the girl, total six in number got injured in the accident and were rushed to a nearby hospital. One of the injured girl identified as Riama Jha was declared dead during the treatment.
The deceased belonged to Chhindwara and came to Bhopal with her family.
At the time of the incident her father Anand Kumar Jha was driving the SUV bearing registration number MP28CA2601.
Investigating Officer ASI R Gujram said that the family was on its way from Kolar to Shymala Hills where they own a house. Anand works as head of Dainik Bhaskar newspaper in Chhindwara and lives with his wife and children their and on the festival of Rakshabandhan they came to Bhopal. His wife went to her parents house in Vidisha and late in the night on Saturday after meeting his uncle in Kolar they were on their way to Shymala Hills when they met the accident.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered.
Police said that the Toyota Innova hit the road divider after it tried to save a speeding car.
The air bags ejected on time but deceased who was sitting in the adjacent seat to driver’s sustained head injuries which proved fatal for her in the accident.