In a tragic incident in Gurugram, an eight-year-old boy lost his life after being struck by a reversing school van, raising concerns about road safety and negligent driving.
An eight-year-old boy, who was critically injured after being crushed by a school van, died on the way to a hospital here, police said on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Shivansh Tripathi, a Class 1 student of a private school, who lived with his family at Shyam Kunj in the Bhondsi area of Gurugram.
The incident took place on Monday afternoon, police said.
According to a complaint filed by the deceased child's father, Santosh Kumar Tripathi, a native of Medhi Sulempur in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district, his son returned from school on Monday afternoon, and after changing his clothes, went to a grocery store to buy chocolates.
"He was on his way home with the chocolates when the driver of M S Public School's Maruti Eco van, driving recklessly and negligently on our street, reversed his vehicle and hit my son. Shivansh fell to the ground, and the driver, despite the child's injuries, ran his vehicle over him. Shivansh suffered serious injuries to his head and body, bleeding profusely from his ears and mouth. He was immediately taken to Medanta Hospital, where doctors declared him dead," the complaint said.
Inspector Surender Kumar from Bhondsi police station said the child's body was handed over to his relatives on Sunday, after the post-mortem.
"An FIR has been registered against the driver. He will be arrested soon," the inspector said.