A six-year old child was crushed under the wheels of a speeding truck at Agrawal guest house under Hanumanganj police station area on Thursday night.
The deceased, identified as Somya Panthi, was run over by a truck when he was watching a marriage procession.
The family members of the deceased had come to attend the marriage of their relative Roopram Panthi’s daughter.
They told the police that Somya was watching the marriage procession which was passing through Chhola Mandir road when a speeding truck hit him. He was rushed to Hamidia hospital where he was declared dead.
According to police, the truck bearing registration number MP09-KC-6147 hit the deceased. later, the errant truck driver escaped from the spot leaving the truck behind. Police has launched a search operation to nab the errant driver.
The deceased was a resident of Ibrahimganj and was a Class II student of Douglas School.
The incident occurred at 10 pm when the family was busy in the marriage and the deceased went outside the marriage hall to watch marriage procession and was standing close to the road due to which he became the victim of the speeding truck. The police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC and have started the investigation.
It was found that the truck was moving at a very high speed and the driver was not able to control the vehicle which resulted in the death of the victim.
The possibility of the driver being drunk is also being looked into but it could be confirmed after his arrest, said the police.