A four-year-old girl was crushed to death by a truck near a construction site in Outer Delhi’s Narela area on Monday morning. According to police, the deceased has been identified as Durga.
Police said Durga used to live with her parents, both laboureres near the under construction site.
The minor girl reportedly went out to relieve herself when the accident took place. Police added that the errant driver has been arrested.
A senior police officer said Duga had stepped out of her house and was sitting roadside to relieve in the early morning around 8 am.
locals and witnesses told police that hardly 200 meters away from where she was lying profusely bleeding; there is a construction site where trucks and vehicles ply.
“One of the trucks, while leaving the site, slipped into a pit and the driver lost control over the vehicle. In order to get the vehicle out, the driver accelerated, but could not control the speed. He did not spot the child sitting near the side of the road and hit her. As the child could not escape in time, she came under the truck and died on the spot,” said the officer.
Seeing this, locals rushed to the spot and the driver was caught. He was initially thrashed and later handed over to local police. Police have lodged a case of rash driving and causing death due to negligence against the driver and the body of the child was handed over to the family after post mortem.
locals and family of the deceased child also staged protest against the construction company demanding proper facilities for defecation. They alleged that their children have to go to deserted areas at odd hours which lead to unfortunate accidents like this.