BENGALURU: A seven-year-old boy succumbed to internal injuries he sustained after a private school van hit him at Munekolala, near HAL, on Wednesday. The deceased is R Nitesh Kumar, a class 1 student with Munekolala government school and only son of Rajesh and Priya, who work as security guards.
Traffic cops from HAL police station arrested accused driver Vittal under IPC section 304A (Causing death due to negligence) and seized the vehicle.
According to police, the accident occurred around 9.15am when Nitesh was crossing the road to enter his school compound. Nitesh’s residence is close to the school. “Nitesh would come to school on his own. On Wednesday morning, he was crossing the road when the school van hit him,” said police.
“The road is too congested and the driver of the school bus, Vittal, might have been driving at a speed of around 40 kmph or even less. Unfortunately, the front portion of the vehicle hit Nitesh’s forehead and the boy fell on the road. Vittal and others immediately attended to him and gave him water. Since there were no physical injuries, everyone thought he was safe.
Nitesh crossed the road and went to school. Around 10am, he told his teachers that he was feeling giddy. A teacher, who was aware of the accident, immediately took him to a nearby hospital where Nitesh breathed his last around 11am,” added police.
15 injured in bus accidentFifteen passengers travelling in a KSRTC bus sustained minor injuries after the vehicle skidded and fell to its side in Kyatsandra police station limits on Wednesday. According to police, the bus was going from Bengaluru to Davanagere. There were 50 passengers onboard when the driver lost control of the bus. The vehicle skidded and fell to its side near Devarahosahalli bridge in Tumakuru taluk and district around 3.30pm.