A novice car driver crushed a five-year-old school child to death and left another injured on Wednesday. The incident took place inside a school premises at Sector-27, Noida. Police have arrested the accused, identified as Shalender Singh (27), a native of Kanpur who works for an NGO in the same sector.
Police said the car, moving in a high speed, first broke the school gate, demolished the boundary after crushing the child. Police said the deceased child has been identified as Dharmender (5), a Class I student. Meanwhile, injured Amit Vishwash(8), a Class II student, has been admitted in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a private hospital. Duo was playing at school ground at lunch time when the incident took place.
Accused Shalender said he had gone inside the Accent car to pick a pen drive, but he started the car to take a drive and could not control it later. “The car was left in back gear. I started it. When I pressed the accelerator, the car suddenly moved in reverse and I lost control,” Shalender said.
The locals beat up the driver badly and then handed him over to police. The deceased child belonged to Economical Weaker Section (EWS) category and had four siblings.