Two-year-old child mowed down allegedly by a bus, parents witnessed it was a school bus

New Delhi, August 12

A two-year-old child died in an accident in Gurgaon’s Sector 57 after he was mowed down by a yellow bus that reportedly belongs to a school. 

The deceased child has been identified as Purab, whose father, Rahul Bansal, hails from Madhya Pradesh and works as a labourer in Gurgaon.

Bansal in his complaint to police has stated he was working at an under-construction building in Sector 57, and his wife and child were with him. 

He has reportedly taken his his son to eat “golgappa” at a stall on the other side of the road. However, while they were crossing the road, a bus that was being driven at high speed and carelessly hit his son, who sustained injuries on his head and waist. 

Although the complainant, along with his brother and the bus driver, rushed the child to W Pratiksha hospital in Sector 56, the child was pronounced dead on arrival.

The Gurugram police said that the bus driver fled from the hospital after taking the child there. 

The police added that they are identifying the details of the bus driver through the vehicle registration number. It is yet to be ascertained if the bus belonged to a school however the complainant and his family gave statements to police that the bus belonged to a school and the driver was also a school bus driver. 

The police have registered an FIR has been registered regarding the matter under IPC sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (death by negligence).